Spannuth v. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co.

Appellant sued for damages for personal injuries and the jury returned a verdict in his favor for $100, which has not been challenged in any way by the defendant (appellee). Being dissatisfied with the amount of damages awarded him, appellant ' (plaintiff) filed a motion for a new trial for the alleged reasons that the verdict is not sustained by sufficient evidence and is contrary to law, attaching to his motion an affidavit by one of the jurors stating that after six of the twelve jurors had for twenty-three hours insisted on finding in favor of the defendant, and had opposed finding for…