Levy v. Providence & Stonington S. S. Co.

Citations

• 123 F. 347
• 1903 U.S. App. LEXIS 4906

Syllabus

<p>1. New Trial—Inconsistent Verdict—Nominal Damages.</p> <p>A verdict awarding a passenger the nominal sum of $1 as damages for his expulsion from a boat cannot be sustained where to authorize any recovery the jury must have found that his removal was not justified, or that unnecessary force was used, and he was also subsequently imprisoned for half an hour.</p>