Ritchie v. Holbrooke

Gibson J. absent, Tilgiiman C. J.

delivered the opinion of the Court.

The verdict in this case having been for the plaintiff, a motion has been made on the part of the defendant for a new . 1 In support of this motion, several matters have been offered both of law and fact, but there is one which demands particular attention. An affidavit has been produced, of one . .... * . . oí the jurors,- by which it appears, that a difficulty m the pla'ntiff’s account, having been mentioned, after the jury had received the charge of the Court, and retired to consider of their verdict, the foreman of the…