Vance v. Haslett

*191OPINION of the Court, by

Ch. J. Botive.

This was an action of assault and battery. The cause was tried on the general issue, and a verdict being found for the plaintiff'for g372 75, the defendant moved the court for a new trial, on the ground that after the verdict was rendered he had discovered that one of the jurors who tried the cause had declared before the trial that if he was on the jury he Would give glOOO damages against the defendant: but the court overruled the motion and gave judgment for the plaintiff, from which the defendant has prosecuted this appeal _

_ We can have no doubt that…