Court Opinion

ID: 9824621
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-01 10:59:58.224396+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:12:03.687581
License: Public Domain

On Rehearing.
Upon further consideration we conclude that there was evidence, which, if believed by the jury, justified a verdict for the plaintiff, and that the affirmative charge for the defendant was properly refused.
One of the grounds of the motion for new trial was that the amount of damages assessed against the defendant was excessive. “Since the plaintiff was confined in any recovery he might have to the assessment of damages merely representing the difference in rental value of his property with and without the effects of the alleged nuisance for the period of time as shown by the evidence, his property was so affected, namely, from the latter part of April, 1917, to the 9th day of August, 1917, and it being undisputed from the evidence that the rental value of said property during said time was $5 per month.” The evidence was without conflict as to the rental of $5 per month, and as to the period of the injuries claimed from the latter part of April or first of May, 1917, to the 9th of August, 1917.
The judgment for $25 is not excessive.
The judgment of reversal is set aside, and the application for rehearing granted, and the judgment of the lower court is affirmed.