Conrey v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the Metropolitan Street Railway Company, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Trial Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 13th day of May, 1902, declaring that there had been a mistrial of the cause and restoring the same to the day calendar.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J. :
This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant. After the case had been submitted to the jury the court ordered a sealed verdict. The jury agreed upon their verdict, reduced it to writing upon a blank submitted to them for that purpose, sealed and delivered it to their foreman and separated for the night. The jury appeared at the opening of court the next morning, and, through their foreman, presented their verdict, which, omitting the title of *519the action and the signatures of the jurors, was as follows :…
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