Merrill v. Perkins

Decided December 5, 1881

Supreme Court of New Hampshire · decided 1881-12-05

Case. Reported 59 N. H. 348. Second trial on review. Verdict for the plaintiff, which the defendants moved to set aside because the damages were excessive. The court denied the motion, and the defendants excepted.

Relies on Hovey v. Brown · Burnham v. Butler · Daniels v. Lebanon

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Decided 1881-12-05

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Dob, C. J.

¶1 The defendants’ motion raised a question of fact to be determined at the trial term, and the case shows no error of law. Hovey v. Brown, 59 N. H. 114; Smith v. Cushman, 59 N. H. 519; Gamsby v. Columbia, 58 N. H. 60; Daniels v. Lebanon, 58 N. H. 284; Burnham v. Butler, 58 N. H. 568; Wentworth v. Jefferson, 60 N. H. 158; Dodge v. Stickney, 60 N. H, 461; Hovey v. *264 Morrill, 61 N. H. 9, 14; Chase v. Woodward, 61 N. H. 79; Whitcher v. Dexter, 61 N. H. 91; Garvin v. Legery, 61 N. H. 153.

¶2 Exception overruled.

Stanley, J., did not sit: the others concurred.