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HINTON v. CLINE

No. 745.

76 S.E.2d 162 (1953)

238 N.C. 136

HINTON v. CLINE et al.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

June 12, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Clay Hemric, Burlington, for plaintiff, appellant.

Long & Long and Paul H. Ridge, Graham, for defendants, appellees.

ERVIN, Justice.

The plaintiff assigns as error the refusal of the trial judge to set the verdict aside and award him a new trial on the ground of inadequacy of the damages.

The granting or the denying of a motion for a new trial on the ground that the damages assessed by the jury are excessive or inadequate is within the sound discretion of the trial judge. McClamroch v. Colonial Ice Co., 217 N.C. 106, 6 S.E.2d 850; Johnston v. Johnston, 213 N.C. 255, 195...

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