Case ID: scl_7/html/0500-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Columbia*
    
      November Term, 1814.
    Jacob Stott vs. Benjamin Ryan and Milly his wife.
    Stark* for the Motion.
    
    Martin, Contra.
    
    The brief in this case states that ii this was an action by the plaintiff* a young man* hale, hearty, and in the bloom of life* for an alleged assault by Milly JRyan, an old body of upwards of fifty years.” The jury have given a verdict for 8275; and a motion is now made for a new trial on the ground that these damages were excessive.
   Nott* J.

. Justices Bay, Grimke, and Brevard concurred».