LINCOLN v. POWER

No. 505.

151 U.S. 436 (1894)

LINCOLN v. POWER.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 29, 1894.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Lionel C. Burr for plaintiff in error.

Mr. T.M. Marquett for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE SHIRAS, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiff in error complains that the damages found by the jury were excessive, and appear to have been given under the influence of passion and prejudice.

But it is not permitted for this court, sitting as a court of errors, in a case wherein damages have been fixed by the verdict of a jury, to take notice of an assignment of this character, where the complaint is only of...

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