Eggers v. Hanchett

Appellate Court of Illinois

Eggers v. Hanchett

27 Ill. App. 429, 1888 Ill. App. LEXIS 555

DecidedDecember 7, 1888

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Eggers v. Hanchett, 27 Ill. App. 429, 1888 Ill. App. LEXIS 555 (Ill. Ct. App. 1888).

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Opinion

Gary, J.

Debt on replevin bond. The only complaint here is that the damages awarded by the jury were excessive, and the court erred in not granting a new trial, asked for that reason.

The property consisted of a multitude of articles of household furniture, in various stages of “ wear and tear,” and it is impossible for the court, by any review of the testimony, intelligently to fix a value upon it. The jury were correctly instructed that “market value” was the rule, yet it is quite probable they deemed that inadequate compensation to a householder wrongfully deprived of her furniture.

There was conflicting evidence as to the value, and the verdict of the jury is, under ordinary circumstances, conclusive.

Judgment affirmed.

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Gary, J.

Debt on replevin bond. The only complaint here is that the damages awarded by the jury were excessive, and the court erred in not granting a new trial, asked for that reason.

The property consisted of a multitude of articles of household furniture, in various stages of “ wear and tear,” and it is impossible for the court, by any review of the testimony, intelligently to fix a value upon it. The jury were correctly instructed that “market value” was the rule, yet it is quite probable they deemed that inadequate compensation to a householder wrongfully deprived of her furniture.

There was conflicting evidence as to the value, and the verdict of the jury is, under ordinary circumstances, conclusive.

Judgment affirmed.

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