Stuckey v. Atlantic Coast Line R. R.

Citations

• 57 S.C. 395
• 35 S.E. 550
• 1900 S.C. LEXIS 42

Syllabus

<p>1. New Trial — Lord Campbell's Act — A Circuit Judge may grant a new trial nisi, under Lord-Campbell’s Act, where he thinks the jury has given excessive damages.</p> <p>2. Ibid. — Such power is not limited to cases in which jury acted from improper motives.</p> <p>3. Ibid. — Discretion.—Reduction of verdict for damages by two-thirds, in order for new trial nisi, sustained by this Court because it cannot disturb the discretion of Circuit Judge in such matters.</p>