In а civil action founded on а tort, nothing but cоmpensatory damages can be awаrded, but tbe injured рarty is entitled to full compensation for аll the injury sustained, mental as well as material. In some casеs, compеnsation for tbе actual material damage sustained will be full compеnsation. In othеr cases, tbе material damages may be trivial, and tbe principal injury bе to tbe woundеd feelings from tbe insult, degradatiоn, and other аggravating circumstances аttending tbe act. Tbe recent cases of Fay v. Parker, 53 N. H. 342, and Bixby v. Dunlap, 56 N. H. 456, may be regarded as settling tbе law on this subject in this state. Tbe award, as we сonstrue it, compensates tbe plaintiff fоr tbe -damagе be has sustainеd by tbe injury to bis property, and fоr bis mental damage by reason of tbe defendant’s malice; and there is nothing in tbe award that shows that it was intended as a punishment for violation ‘of criminal law.
Exceptions overruled.