Mid-South Engineering Co. v. Buchanan

The plaintiff below, Mrs. Alberta K. Buchanan, executrix of the estate of her deceased husband, David T. Buchanan, recovered a judgment in the court below, after a jury verdict, in the amount of $19,200 which was reduced by remittitur of $4,800 to the sum of $14,400 with interest from July 1, 1963. Mid-South Engineering Company has appealed in error from the final judgment. The executrix, Mrs. Buchanan, has appealed in error from the action of the court in suggesting the remittitur.

The deceased, David T. Buchanan, had been employed as an auditor or accountant for the defendant, Mid-South…