Mississippi Supreme Court, 1916

Mobile & O. R. Co. v. Currie

Mobile & O. R. Co. v. Currie
Mississippi Supreme Court · Decided October 15, 1916 · Holden
113 Miss. 45; 73 So. 868

Mobile & O. R. Co. v. Currie

Opinion of the Court

HoldeN, J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

After a careful examination of the record in this case, we find no reversible error, except that the amount of three hundred and seventy-five dollars assessed as damages is grossly excessive, and, unless the appellee enters a remittitur reducing the amount to one hundred dollars, the judgment of the lower court will he reversed for a new trial as to the amount of damages only ,• but, if said remittitur is entered here, the judgment of the lower court will he affirmed.

Affirmed conditionally.

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