 | Great Britain. Court of Exchequer - 1873 - 360 Seiten
...particular annuitant.—By Brett, J. The only legal direction to the jury would have been that they ought not to attempt to give damages to the full amount...a reasonable view of the case, and give what they considered, under all the circumstances, a fair compensation; and the direction was therefore erroneous,... | |
 | 1874 - 844 Seiten
...particular annuitant.—By Brett, J. The only legal direction to the jury would have been that they ought not to attempt to give damages to the full amount...a reasonable view of the case, and give what they considered, under all the circumstances, a fair compensation; and the direction was, therefore erroneous,... | |
 | 1874 - 450 Seiten
...particular annuitant. By Brett, J. : The only legal direction to the jury would have been that they ought not to attempt to give damages to the full amount...a reasonable view of the case, and give what they considered, under all the circumstances, a fair compensation ; and the direction was therefore erroneous,... | |
 | 1874 - 402 Seiten
...that " they must not attempt to give damages te the full amount of a perfect compensation for tin' pecuniary injury, but must take a reasonable view of the case, and gire what they coneider, under all the circumstances, a fair compensation," and therefore the direction... | |
 | 1874 - 752 Seiten
...to the jury woi^^^* have been that they ought not to attempt to give damages to the full amount of perfect compensation for the pecuniary injury, but must take a reasonable view the case, and give what they considered, under all the circumstances, a fair compe-—— Cation; and... | |
 | Robert Vashon Rogers - 1875 - 242 Seiten
...majority, and as to the widow, with reference to the expectation of life as determined by the tables. 3 Of course, the jury are not to attempt to give damages...under all the circumstances, a fair compensation." 4 " Would it make any difference were the man of a bad character, or diseased ?" " If the man had a... | |
 | 1875 - 682 Seiten
...Brett, J).—Per Brett, J. : In such cases the only legal direction to the jury is that they must not attempt to give damages to the full amount of a perfect...under all the circumstances, a fair compensation. A direction, therefore, which leaves it open to the jury to give the present value of an annuity equal... | |
 | 1904 - 1000 Seiten
...that the amount must be kept within reasonable limits. The jury are not entitled to give a plaintiff damages to the full amount of a perfect compensation for the pecuniary injury without taking into account the accidents of life: Rowley v. London and North Western By. Co. (2) They... | |
 | Edmund Story-Maskelyne, Cecil Clare Marston Dale - 1877 - 726 Seiten
...(NS) OP 191. Per Brett, J.—In such cases the only legal direction to tho jury is that they must not attempt to give damages to the full amount of a perfect...under all the circumstances, a fair compensation. A direction, therefore, which leaves it opon to the jury to give the present value of an annuity equal... | |
 | John Dawson Mayne, Sir Lumley Smith - 1877 - 664 Seiten
...direction to juries, from the time of the cases I have cited (s) until now, has been, ' that they must not attempt to give damages to the full amount of a perfect...under all the circumstances, a fair compensation.' .... I (p) Blake T. Midland Ry. Co., 18 QB 93 ; 21 LJQB 233. (r) LB 8 Ex. 2-21 ; 42 LJ Ex. 153. (<f)... | |
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Of course, the jury are not to attempt to give damages to the full amount of a perfect compensation for the pecuniary injury, but must take a reasonable view of the case, and give what they consider, under all the circumstances, a fair compensation. 
