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80 Miss. 684

Lopez v. Jackson

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided March 15, 1902

Mississippi Supreme Court · decided 1902-03-15

From the circuit court of Harrison county. Hon. J. Ira Ford, Special Judge. Jackson, appellee, was plaintiff in the court below; Lopez, appellant, was defendant there. The suit was a civil action for assault and battery.

Decided 1902-03-15

Oalhoon, J.',

¶1delivered tbe opinion of tbe court.

¶2Tbe testimony as to malice in tbe assault conflicts, and yet tbe court gave tbe following independent instruction at plaintiff’s instance:

¶3“If tbe jury find for tbe plaintiff, tbey have tbe right to take into consideration, in estimating tbe damages, tbe pecuniary condition of defendant.”

¶4Tbis was error, and may explain tbe amount of tbe verdict.

¶5Reversed and remanded.

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