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Hasty v. Nowell

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine. York County
Aug 12, 1930
151 A. 429 (Me. 1930)

Opinion

Decided August 12, 1930.

Trespass to realty. Plaintiff has verdict for $148.18. One of the defendants, pressing the usual general motion grounds, moves for a new trial. There was evidence enough to furnish a basis for the finding of an unwarrantable entry on the land of the plaintiff. The injury consisted in tearing down a fence, swamping, road making, and cutting and carrying away trees. The amount of damages, in a case of this kind, rests largely in the discretion of the jury, whose verdict is not disturbable as excessive unless the award, considered in connection with the facts in evidence, creates a belief that the jury was influenced by improper motives, or fell into some error. In this case, there is no room for any such presumption. The verdict is not clearly excessive. Motion overruled.

Matthews Varney, for plaintiff.

Ray P. Hanscom, E. P. Spinney, F. R. Miller, for defendants.


Summaries of

Hasty v. Nowell

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine. York County
Aug 12, 1930
151 A. 429 (Me. 1930)
Case details for

Hasty v. Nowell

Case Details

Full title:CHARLES F. HASTY vs. ERNEST NOWELL ET ALS

Court:Supreme Judicial Court of Maine. York County

Date published: Aug 12, 1930

Citations

151 A. 429 (Me. 1930)
129 Me. 496

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