Ready v. Manchester Gas Light Co.

After the verdict was returned, the plaintiff’s counsel moved to set the same aside and for a new trial because one of the jurors at the trial was the son of a stockholder of the defendant corporation, and furnished evidence that neither they nor the plaintiff were aware of the juror’s relationship to the defendants’ stockholder until after the trial. The court found that the plaintiff, by the exercise of diligence, might have ascertained the-relationship of the juror to a stockholder before trial, and denied the motion.

The fact that the plaintiff had sufficient time and opportunity to make…