Missouri, Kansas & Texas Rly. Co. v. Munkers
Supreme Court of Kansas
M'ror from Morris District Court. Action brought by J. C. Munkers and W. R. Terwilliger to recover of the plaintiff in error the sum of $1,518, being the price for the loading of five hundred and six car-loads of stock, at the rate of three dollars per car. Answer, general denial. The action came on to be heard at the April Term 1871, Hon. J. H. Watson, district judge, presiding, and was tried on the 12th of April, before the court and a jury.
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M'ror from Morris District Court. Action brought by J. C. Munkers and W. R. Terwilliger to recover of the plaintiff in error the sum of $1,518, being the price for the loading of five hundred and six car-loads of stock, at the rate of three dollars per car. Answer, general denial. The action came on to be heard at the April Term 1871, Hon. J. H. Watson, district judge, presiding, and was tried on the 12th of April, before the court and a jury. During the impanneling of the jury, two of the jurors, viz., A. E. Millison and Frank Dorn, after being duly sworn to answer questions touching their…
1Opinion of the Court
*231The opinion of the court was delivered by
Brewer, J.:
1. Jurors; challege; statutory grounds. The question in this case arises on the overruling of a motion for a new trial.* The grounds of the motion are irregularity and misconduct of the jury. The facts are these: Two of the jurors when called and sworn as to their qualifications were asked whether they had or were interested in any action pending against the defendant, and answered in the negative. They were at the time subscribers to a fund for the support and prosecution of an action then pending in this court wherein certain citizens of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Moore v. CassSupreme Court of Kansas · 1872
- State v. WilsonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1859
- Munkers v. WatsonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1872
3Cited by6 opinions
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad v. ChanceSupreme Court of Kansas · 1896
- Healer v. InkmanSupreme Court of Kansas · 1915
- Naylor v. Metropolitan Street-railway Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1903
- Blair v. City of GrotonSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1900
- Greenfield v. PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
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