Gwathmey v. Foor Hotel Company

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Marion.

The plaintiff recovered a verdict for $1,650.70 actual damages and $1,125 punitive damages on account of the loss by defendants of a trunk and contents in their possession and custody as innkeepers. On motion by the defendants 'for a new trial the Circuit Judge reduced the verdict for punitive damages to $500. From judgment on the verdict, presumably as reduced by the Circuit Judge, defendants appeal. From the order of the trial Judge reducing the amount of the verdict for punitive damages, the plaintiff appeals.

Defendants’ Appeal.…