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KIGGINS v. BUTLER

386 Pa. 474 (1956)

Kiggins v. Butler, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

November 12, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Myron W. Lamproplos, with him Vincent R. Smith, for appellant Espey.

Avra N. Pershing, Jr., with him Henry B. Waltz, Jr., for appellant Butler.

Joseph M. Loughran, for appellees.

Before STERN, C.J., JONES, BELL, CHIDSEY, MUSMANNO and ARNOLD, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE MUSMANNO, November 12, 1956:

In this trespass action the jury returned a verdict of $23,500 in favor of the wife-plaintiff Eleanor C. Kiggins and $5,000 in favor of the husband-plaintiff Wayne E. Kiggins. The lower Court reduced the verdicts respectively to $18,000 and $2,000. The defendants appealed, averring that the amount awarded to Mrs. Kiggins is still excessive.

We are always reluctant to decrease the amount of a verdict which...

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