King v. Nixon

District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals

Argued May 13, 1953.

Decided Aug. 27, 1953.

District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 1953-08-27

2 counsel of record

Relies on Evans v. Brown · Brown v. Evans · Huber v. Teuber

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Opinion by (per_curiam) · Decided 1953-08-27

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¶1Mr. Saul G. Lichtenberg, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Ira M. Lowe and Mr. Evan T. Davis, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant.

¶2Mr. William E. Owen, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

¶3Before EDGERTON, FAHY and WASHINGTON, Circuit Judges.

¶4PER CURIAM.

¶5 The District Court rightly ruled that recovery of exemplary or punitive damages, in a civil action for assault and battery, is not precluded by the fact that the defendant may be liable to criminal prosecution,1 and also that the defendant’s financial condition is admissible in evidence as bearing on the amount of such damages. Brown v. Evans, C.C., 17 F. 912; affirmed, Evans v. Brown, 1883, 109 U.S. 180, 3 S.Ct. 83, 27 L.Ed. 898; notes, 16 A.L.R. 771, 798, 838, 123 A.L.R. 1115, 1122, 1136.

¶6Affirmed.