Stevens v. Montgomery
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by plaintiff from an order of the district court for Brown county, Cox, J., presiding, refusing a new trial. The action was begun in a justice’s court.
1Opinion of the CourtGilfillan, C. J.
On the trial below this case was submitted to the jury, who returned a written verdict, in which they found in favor of plaintiff, and assessed his damages at $27.50, the demand in the complaint being for $91.84. The verdict was recoiled, and, on its being read to the jury, and they ashed if it was their verdict, they answered “Yes,” and were then discharged. Two days after, the members of the jury came into court, and, through the foreman, stated to the court that they had intended to render a verdict for plaintiff for the amount claimed in the complaint, less the $27.50 mentioned in their…
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