John Deere Plow Co. v. Head

My interpretation of the cross-action is that it is for damages for a wrong, the injuries from which were solely to the peace, happiness, and feelings of the defendant, in which event only vindictive damages may be recovered, under Code § 105-2003,’ at least so far as wounded feelings are involved. The defendant’s denomination of his damages as “punitive” would not defeat recovery or authorize damages not permitted by law. The charge of the court dealt with in the first division of the opinion was incorrect as an abstract principle of law, but if it had been given correctly it would have been…