Hart v. Union Mfg. & Power Co.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice BeEase.

This action for tort, tried in the Court of Common Pleas of Union County, with Honorable Harry Hines presiding as special Judge, resulted in a verdict of the jury in favor of the plaintiff for both actual and punitive damages; and from the judgment entered thereon, the defendant has appealed to this Court.

By several of its fifteen exceptions, the appellant imputes error to the trial Judge in refusing to grant its motion for a nonsuit, the motion for a directed verdict in its favor, the giving of certain requests to charge on the part…