Chalker v. Raley

The only question argued here is, is the verdict of the jury authorized under the law and evidence. While we have set forth the testimony as contained in the special ground, we do not agree that such is the only evidence which the jury were authorized to consider in fixing the amount of their verdict. It is our opinion that the jury, in arriving at the verdict, were authorized to take into consideration all the facts and circumstances relating to the killing of the dog, and were not confined merely to the conclusions of the witnesses who testified on the subject. Indeed, in a case of this…