Boerum v. Seymour Realty Co.

After counsel, upon their own request, had been excused by the court, a sealed verdict was ordered. Thereafter, the jury sought and received in open court, but in the absence of counsel, instructions upon a matter of minor importance. On the following morning, before the sealed verdict was opened, the proceedings of the previous day had in the absence of counsel were, in the hearing of the jury, read to counsel. The plaintiff before the reading of the verdict made a general objection to the court’s procedure in communicating instructions to the jury in the absence of the litigants. Mo claim…