Harris v. . Burdett

On the trial this case was submitted to the jury on the question of fact, whether certain proceedings at St. Thomas, by which the vessel of the plaintiffs was condemned and sold, were. honest and fair, or were fraudulent. The jury found for the plaintiffs, and the effect of the verdict was to establish the fraud charged. The facts were controverted.

The defendants moved upon the minutes for a new trial, on the ground of the insufficiency of the evidence. The motion was denied' and judgment entered on the verdict, and an appeal was taken to the General Term from the order denying a new trial,…