Pecsok v. Ertler

Citations

• 35 Ohio C.C. Dec. 625
• 30 Ohio C.A. 30
• 1919 Ohio Misc. LEXIS 104

Syllabus

<p>VERDICT</p> <p>Defendants Cannot Complain That Verdict Reduced as Act of Grace was not Apportioned.</p> <p>When a verdict for injuries sustained was reduced by the trial judge sua sponte and not because deemed by him to be excessive, it is an act of grace or judicial clemency on his part and complaint does not lie in the mouths of the defendants because the benefits of the reduction were not apportioned among them.</p>