New York Supreme Court March 15, 1851 (Morse v. Auburn & Syracuse Railroad)

By the Court, Johnson, J.

The defendants excepted to that part of the charge to the jury, in which they were instructed,, that in cases of this kind it was competent for them to go beyond the actual pecuniary damages sustained, and take into consideration, not only the loss of time and pecuniary expenses, but the bodily pain and suffering also, which the plaintiff had undergone, and compensate