Bryant v. Ridgway

The petition for certiorari set forth the proceedings in a trial in a justice’s court, and recited that the jury had returned a verdict for the plaintiff in a named sum. This verdict was alleged to be erroneous for various reasons, among them being that it was contrary to the law and evidence. There appears in the record, following the signature of counsel to the petition, an assignment of error which alleged that one of the jurors had a fixed opinion, and therefore was not qualified, and that this fact was unknown to petitioner or his counsel prior to the rendition of the verdict. This…