Ozburn v. Royal Insurance

Where it was agreed by counsel for both parties in a civil cause that the verdict when agreed upon should be put in an envelope and that the envelope should be opened by the clerk of the trial court or any other officer of the court, the verdict to be communicated to counsel in the case, and the jury to be allowed to disperse, and where all this was done, the trial of the case was ended, and the right of the losing party thereafter to demand a poll of the jury was gone, and the motion to poll the jury was properly denied by the judge on the ground that he had no discretion in the matter.…