McGill v. Alabama Fuel & Iron Co.

In her complaint appellant claimed $1,-000,000 as damages for that defendant had trespassed upon her land and removed therefrom one million tons of coal. On the plea of the general issue, a jury found for defendant.

The burden of the cotnplaint on appeal is that the jury were allowed to separate after the case had been submitted to them,-.and that an agent of defendant improperly approached one of the jury pending their consideration of the case.

The jury, properly instructed by the court as to their conduct in respect of the case which had been submitted to them, was allowed to separate…