Mais v. Ruh
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Anna Barbara Mais, as administratrix, etc., of Joseph Henry Mais, also known as Henry Mais, deceased, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Kings County Special Term and entered' in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 2d day of June, 1900, denying a motion for an order vacating and setting aside the verdict of a jury in favor of the plaintiff for the sum of twenty-five dollars rendered on the 12th day of January, 1900.
1Opinion of the Court
Goodeich, P. J.:
The action was for the recovery of damages to real property by the maintenance of a nuisance. The jury rendered a verdict of *16twenty-five dollars for the plaintiff, and judgment was entered on the verdict for the amount of the defendants’ taxable costs. less the • amount of the verdict. The plaintiff made a motion to set aside the verdict and the judgment entered thereon, on the ground that it was a quotient verdict, reached by having each juror name the amount of the damages and dividing the aggregate by twelve. The court denied the motion and the plaintiff appeals.
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