Pulitzer v. Martin S. Ribsam & Sons Co.

Jayne, C. C. J.

“Ill blows the wind that profits nobody.” The jury exonerated the defendant. It is asserted, however, on behalf of the plaintiff that the frost ridden gales of a savage March refrigerated the jury room and took captive the restless and distracted minds of the jurors. “Lion like March coxneth in, hoarse, with tempestuous breath.” It may be inferred from the proof submitted that as the jurors rendered their verdict “coldness dwelt within their hearts and a cloud of wrath was on their brows.” Ushered from the hospitable warmth of the court room to the unsociable chill of the jury…