Court Opinion

ID: 7989784
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-09-09 01:29:40.600165+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:35:19.349673
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Whiteield, C. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
We think the court, in the light of modern authorities in this state and elsewhere, erred in construing the $800 to have been fixed as liquidated damages, and not as a penalty. See Bright v. Rowland, 3 How. (Miss.), 398. So far as the defense of drunkenness is concerned, the jury have settled that;' and, there being evidence to support their finding, we would not be warranted in interfering with it.

The judgment of the court beloiv is reversed, and the cause remanded.