Ball v. Carley

Ball, as administrator of Herron, filed his bill in chancery in the Court of Common Pleas of Tippecanoe county, alleging that at the previous term of the Court he had impleaded the said defendant, Carley, in an action of assumpsit, damages 3,000 dollars; that issue being joined, there was a jury trial, and a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for 33 dollars; that upon the retiring of the jury to consult of their verdict, a vote was taken for the purpose of ascertaining their several opinions, and that the greater number expressed themselves in favor of finding for the plaintiff various…