St Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. Grant
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court. Edward W'. Winfipld, Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. The appellee, Grant, brought suit in Pulaski Circuit Court against the appellant railway company for personal injuries received from an assault and battery of one C. W. Burke, a “special agent” or detective of the appellant railway company. He suerd for both compensatory and exemplary damages.
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Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court. Edward W'. Winfipld, Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. The appellee, Grant, brought suit in Pulaski Circuit Court against the appellant railway company for personal injuries received from an assault and battery of one C. W. Burke, a “special agent” or detective of the appellant railway company. He suerd for both compensatory and exemplary damages. The jury found against the plaintiff as. to exemplary damages, and found in his favor as to compensatory damages, which were assessed at the sum of $7,000, and judgment was entered therefor. The defendant railway…
1Opinion of the Court
Hirr, C. J.,
(after stating the facts.) The appellant does not insist upon any errors in the instructions. The court gave all the instructions the appellant requested, and they were in harmony with those given at the request of the appellee, and fairly presented the law of the whole case to the jury.'
The appellant objected to a great deal of the testimony adduced, and insists that much of it is incompetent and prejudicial.
A corporation acts only through agents, and the appellee had no direct evidence to sustain his’ cause, and necessarily relied upon various acts of. different agents of the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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