Hewitt v. Atlantic & Suburban Railway Co.
Hewitt v. Atlantic & Suburban Railway Co.
Opinion of the Court
Plaintiff, Charles L. Hewitt, has a verdict of $2,000 to compensate him for his loss by way of loss of services and society of his wife and cost of effecting a cure of injuries sustained by her in being thrown by a sudden jerk of a trolley ear of defendant upon which she was a passenger.
Two reasons are urged why this verdict should be set aside—first, because it is excessive. We think it is not. Second, the refusal of the learned trial judge to charge the following request:
We find that the .instruction requested was erroneous, and that the instruction as given to the jury by the learned trial judge was a correct statement of the legal principle applicable.
There was no error, therefore, in refusing to charge as requested.
The rule to show cause is discharged, with costs.
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