Marsh v. Kendall

Citations

• 65 Kan. 48
• 68 P. 1070
• 1902 Kan. LEXIS 10

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Practice, District Court — Correction of Verdict by Court. When the amount of a verdict is manifestly too small, and the deficiency can be ascertained and supplied by mathematical calculation, as by adding the agreed rate of interest on a promissory note, it is not error, as against the party in whose favor the verdict was returned, to refuse a new trial because of the jury’s mistake, and for the court itself to correct it by rendering judgment for the prpper amount in addition to the verdict.</p>