 | Florida. Supreme Court - 1887 - 970 Seiten
...offense." Smith v. Bagwell — Opinion of Court. 5. In actions of trespass for assault and battery a jury may inflict what are called exemplary, punitive...defendant, having in view the enormity of his offence as well as a measure of compensation to the plaintiff. Appeal from the Circuit Court for Duval county.... | |
 | United States. Circuit Court (3rd Circuit), John William Wallace - 1849 - 584 Seiten
...somewhat disputed of late,* that a jury in " 10' p' 49- actions of trespass or tort may inflict exemplary or vindictive damages upon a defendant having in view the enormity of defendant's conduct rather than compensation to the plaintiff. Indeed in many actions such as slander,... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1852 - 668 Seiten
...extra compensation to engineers, unless the taking down of such excess was wanton and malicious. In actions of trespass, and all actions on the case for torts, a jury may give exemplary or vindictive damages, depending upon the peculiar circumstances of each case. But the... | |
 | Theodore Sedgwick - 1852 - 722 Seiten
...though somewhat disputed of late, that a jury, in actions of trespass or tort, may inflict exemplary or vindictive damages upon a defendant, having in view the enormity of the defendant's conduct rather than compensation to the plaintiff. Indeed, in many actions, such as... | |
 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - 1874 - 664 Seiten
...Damages, 454, note. Mr. Justice Griersays: "It is a well established principle of the common law that in actions of trespass and all actions on the case for torts, a jnry may inflict what are called exemplary, punitory or vindictive damages upon a defendant, having... | |
 | Simon Greenleaf - 1854 - 784 Seiten
...of late, (10 Law Reporter, 49,) that a Jury, in actions of trespass or tort, may inflict exemplary or vindictive damages, upon a defendant, having in view the enormity of the defendant's conduct, rather than compensation to the plaintiff." This remark was clearly gratuitous,... | |
 | 1854 - 868 Seiten
...though somewhat disputed of late,1 that a jury in actions of trespass or tort may inflict exemplary or vindictive damages upon a defendant, having in view the enormity of defendant's conduct rather than compensation to the plaintiff. Indeed in many actions such as slander,... | |
 | Theodore Sedgwick - 1858 - 778 Seiten
...remarks in support of the doctrine : " It is a well-established principle of the common law, that in actions of trespass and all actions on the case for...damages upon a defendant, having in view the enormity of bis offense rather than the inen-mv of compensation to the plaintiff. We are aware • that the propriety... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court, Benjamin Robbins Curtis - 1870 - 746 Seiten
...expenses incurred in prosecuting his suit. It is a well-established principle of the common law, that in actions of trespass and all actions on the case for...than the measure of compensation to the plaintiff. We are aware that the propriety of this doctrine has been questioned by some writers; but if repeated... | |
 | 1888 - 564 Seiten
...In Day v. Woodworth, 13 How. 371, which was an action of trespass for tearing down and de. stroying a mill-dam, this court said that in all actions of...upon a defendant, having in view the enormity of his offense rather than the measure of compensation to the plaintiff; " and that such exemplary damages... | |
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It is a well-established principle of the common law that, in actions of trespass and all actions on the case for torts, a jury may inflict what are called exemplary, punitive or vindictive damages upon a defendant, having in view the enormity of his... 
