Case Name: CLEMENT DeR. LEONARD v. THE HOBOKEN PRINTING AND PUBLISHING COMPANY
Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 1903-02-24
Citations: 69 N.J.L. 238
Docket Number: 
Parties: CLEMENT DeR. LEONARD v. THE HOBOKEN PRINTING AND PUBLISHING COMPANY.
Judges: Before Gummere, Chibe Justice, and JusticesVAN Syckel, Port and Pitney.
Reporter: New Jersey Law Reports
Volume: 69
Pages: 238–238

Head Matter:
CLEMENT DeR. LEONARD v. THE HOBOKEN PRINTING AND PUBLISHING COMPANY.
Submitted December 5, 1902
Decided February 24, 1903.
Where the case is one in which the jury was justified in awarding punitive damages, this court cannot say that they are excessive.
On rule 'to show cause.
Before Gummere, Chibe Justice, and JusticesVAN Syckel, Port and Pitney.
For the plaintiff, William H. Speer.
For the defendant, James B. Vredenburgh and William S. Stuhr.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The court properly refused to nonsuit the plaintiff or to direct a verdict for the defendant. There was no error in its rulings upon evidence or in its charge to the jury. The case was one in which the jury were justified'in awarding punitive damages; that they did so is evident from the amount of the verdict. . The damages being punitive, this court cannot say that they are excessive.
The rule to show cause will b'e discharged.