Housworth v. Bloomhuff

On the 2d day of November, 1865, the appellants, as plaintiffs, commenced this action in the court below, against one Sidney C. Bloomhuff as the sole defendant. Issues were formed in the action, and at the May term, 1867, of the court below, these issues were duly submitted to a jury for trial; and on the application of the appellants, under the direction of the court, the jury returned into court a .special verdict. And at the same term of the court below, the said Sidney C. Bloomhuff", then the sole defendant, moved the court for a new trial of the action. At the next term of the court…