Payne v. Bartlett

Citations

• 127 Miss. 189
• 89 So. 912

Syllabus

<p>Railroads. Punitive damages not recoverable against- Director General.</p> <p>Under the Federal Control Act of March 21, 1918 (Federal Statutes, Annotated, 1918, Supp., pp. 757, 762; U. S. Comp. St. 1918, U. S. Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1919, Section 3115; 40 Stat. at Large 451), punitive damages are not recoverable against the government or Director General; and where an instruction authorizing the infliction of punitive damages has been given, the judgment will be reversed unless the court can say with confidence that the jury was not influenced by the instruction and that only compensatory damages have been awarded.</p>