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47 Ind. 234

Devore v. McDermitt

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided May 15, 1874

Indiana Supreme Court · decided 1874-05-15

<p>From the Blackford Circuit Court.</p>

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently March 1915

1 state decisions

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Decided 1874-05-15

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Worden, C. J.

¶1This was an action by the appellee against" the appellants, on an account for making railroad ties and fence posts. It was commenced before a justice of the peace, where the plaintiff recovered ninety-three dollars and eighty cents, and the defendants appealed. In the circuit court, the plaintiff had a verdict and judgment for one hundred and fifty dollars. The defendants moved for a new trial, assigning, among other grounds, that the damages assessed were excessive.

¶2The evidence is set out in a bill of exceptions, and, upon an examination of it, we are of opinion that it fails to sustain the verdict for so large an amount. The damages assessed were excessive, and the motion for a new trial should have prevailed.

¶3We are of opinion that the amount recovered before the justice was about right. It is therefore ordered that if the *235appellee shall, within sixty days from this time, remit all the damages except the sum of ninety-three dollars and eighty cents, the judgment for the residue will be affirmed, at the costs of the appellee. Otherwise the judgment will be-reversed, with costs, and the cause remanded for a newtriah.

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