Legal Opinion

Flood v. McClure

Idaho Supreme Court

Decided February 3, 1893PublishedCited by 14 opinions

APPEAL from District Court, Kootenai County. The jury did not arrive at their verdict in any other maimer than as agreed on between themselves, and resorting to the determination of chance, in this, that the jury would write down certain amounts of damages to be recovered herein, and that said separate amounts should be added together and divided by twelve, and that one of the jurors, in placing his number, placed it at the sum of $500, which is in excess of any amount that…

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APPEAL from District Court, Kootenai County. The jury did not arrive at their verdict in any other maimer than as agreed on between themselves, and resorting to the determination of chance, in this, that the jury would write down certain amounts of damages to be recovered herein, and that said separate amounts should be added together and divided by twelve, and that one of the jurors, in placing his number, placed it at the sum of $500, which is in excess of any amount that the plaintiff could have recovered herein, and in excess of any amount sued for herein exclusive of rent. The means of…

1Opinion of the CourtSullivan, J.

This action was brought by the respondent 'against the appellant to recover $550 damages, alleged to have been sustained by reason of the appellant, as sheriff of Kootenai county, having levied upon certain property claimed by the respondent, to satisfy an execution issued in the case of Liebe & ■Co. against one Henry Farley.

It is alleged that said property was of the value of $470.08, ■and that by reason of the levy and sale under said execution respondent was damaged in that sum, and in the further sum •of seventy-five dollars for certain rents. The answer denies the material allegations of…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Boyce v. California Stage Co.California Supreme Court · 1864
  2. People v. GrayCalifornia Supreme Court · 1882
  3. Butler v. CollinsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1859
  4. Turner v. Tuolumne County Water Co.California Supreme Court · 1864
  5. City of Pekin v. WinkelIllinois Supreme Court · 1875

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Giffen v. City of LewistonIdaho Supreme Court · 1898
  2. Watson v. Navistar International Transportation Corp.Idaho Supreme Court · 1992
  3. Clark v. FosterIdaho Supreme Court · 1964
  4. Keith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1912
  5. Cochran v. GritmanIdaho Supreme Court · 1921

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