# King v. Nixon

> Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · August 27, 1953 · 207 F.2d 41

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/232448

## Case

- **Full name:** King v. Nixon
- **Court:** Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
- **Decided:** August 27, 1953
- **Citations:** 207 F.2d 41; 93 U.S. App. D.C. 98
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion
- **Judges:** Edgerton, Fahy, Per Curiam, Washington
- **Cited by:** 5 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

PER CURIAM.
The District Court rightly ruled that recovery of exemplary or punitive damages, in a civil action for assault and battery, is not precluded by the fact that the defendant may be liable to criminal prosecution,
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and also that the defendant’s financial condition is admissible in evidence as bearing on the amount of such damages. Brown v. Evans, C.C., 17 F. 912 ; affirmed, Evans v. Brown, 1883, 109 U.S. 180 , 3 S.Ct. 83 , 27 L.Ed. 898 ; notes, 16 A.L.R. 771 , 798, 838, 123 A.L.R. 1115 , 1122, 1136.
Affirmed.
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. Language to the contrary in Huber v. Teuber, 1879, 3 MacArthur 484 , 497, 10 D.C. 484 , is erroneous.

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