Machado v. Mitamura

Citations

• 24 Haw. 224
• 1918 Haw. LEXIS 57

Syllabus

<p>New Trial — nonsuit—directed verdict.</p> <p>In an action to recover damages by reason of alleged negligence the evidence was conflicting to the extent that the jury would have been authorized to have found a verdict for either party motion for nonsuit and a motion for an instructed verdict were both properly denied, and a motion for a new trial should have been denied.</p> <p>Same — excessive damages.</p> <p>A motion for a new trial on the ground that the verdict for $1000 damages is excessive is properly denied under the facts which the evidence in this case tends to prove, there being no showing or circumstance disclosed by the record to the effect that the verdict of the jury was the result of passion or prejudice.</p>