United States v. 2,049.85 Acres of Land, More or Less

HANNAY, District Judge.

This is a suit of eminent domain, involving acreage taken by the petitioner government and presently used for the Corpus Christi Naval Base. A trial before a jury was had, resulting in a verdict, upon which verdict a judgment was accordingly entered, and thereafter the defendants filed a motion for a new trial. Although some thirty-six grounds were assigned as reasons why a new trial should be granted, these reasons can be grouped generally under three main headings:

First, that the court erred in allowing a sick juror to be discharged from the jury after the jury had…