McWILLIAMS, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.
Shocked by the jury's verdict, $35,000, Judge MacDaniel declared he would grant appellant's motion for a new trial unless appellee (Smith) filed a remittitur of $20,000. Smith refused and appealed to this Court. We dismissed his appeal. After further argument in the court below Judge MacDaniel, somewhat recovered from his initial shock, reduced the remittitur to $15,000. Believing a new trial would "present a direct...
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