Vermont Box Co. v. Hanks
Supreme Court of Vermont
Tort for fraudulent representations in tbe sale of real estate. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the June Term, 1916, Addison .County, Miles, J., presiding. Yerdict for defendant. Plaintiffs excepted. The opinion states the case. The court should have heard the testimony offered .by plaintiffs to show that the jury were improperly drawn. Jones v. State, 3 Blaekf. (Ind.) 37; Gardner v. Turner, 9 Johns.
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Tort for fraudulent representations in tbe sale of real estate. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the June Term, 1916, Addison .County, Miles, J., presiding. Yerdict for defendant. Plaintiffs excepted. The opinion states the case. The court should have heard the testimony offered .by plaintiffs to show that the jury were improperly drawn. Jones v. State, 3 Blaekf. (Ind.) 37; Gardner v. Turner, 9 Johns. (N. Y.) 260; Moore v. Navassa Guano Co., 130 N. C. 229, 41 S. E. 293; Eaton v. Commonwealth, 6 Binney 447; McDonald v. Shaw, 1 N. J. L. 6; Question whether the jury were properly drawn,…
1Opinion of the CourtWatson, C. J.
This is an action of tort based on fraudulent representations in the sale of real estate. The case was docketed in Addison County court on October 12, 1915, and was tried by jury at the June Term, 1916. Before and at the time of the trial, the defendant was one of the assistant judges of that court. During the impaneling of the jury, and after counsel for the plaintiffs had examined some of the jurors on the voir dire, and had exercised five challenges to the polls, the plaintiffs challenged the array, on the ground that the defendant was present and assisted in the selection of the array of…
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