Summary
In North v. New Britain, 77 Conn. 715, which was an action to recover damages for personal injuries, we held that it was within the power of the trial court to grant a new trial upon the ground that the damages were excessive, and to grant it unless the plaintiff should remit a certain part of the verdict.
Summary of this case from Noxon v. RemingtonOpinion
Submitted on briefs June 21st, 1904
Decided August 12th, 1904.
ACTION to recover damages for personal injuries caused by the alleged negligence of the defendant, brought to the Court of Common Pleas in Hartford County and tried to the jury before Coats, J.; verdict for the plaintiff for $600 damages, which the court — upon refusal of the plaintiff to remit the sum of $250 — set aside as excessive and against the evidence, from which the plaintiff appealed. No error.
Arthur W. Upson and William J. McConville, for the appellant (plaintiff).
Frank L. Hungerford, for the appellee (defendant).
Opinion filed with the clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in Hartford County.