Newton v. Brown

This was an action for the claim and delivery of personal property, and a jury trial had, and a verdict for. Plaintiff.

The first assignment of error is, that the form of a verdict in his favor was prepared by Plaintiff’s Counsel, leaving a blank for the amount > of damages. This was handed by Counsel to the Court, and by the Court to the jury, when they retired to' consider of their verdict. The jury returned this verdict into Court, with the blank filled .with the amount of damages as assessed by them.

We are unable to discover upon what'ground a valid objection can be made to the course…