Archibald v. Kolitz
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from the Second District Court, Weber County. —Hon. H. H. Rolapp, Judge. Action to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to bave been occasioned by tbe negligence of the defendant’s intestate. From a judgment in favor of the plaintiff, the defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
BASKIN. C. J.,
In courts of general jurisdiction, under article 1, section 10, of the Constitution, the jury consists, in civil cases, of eight members, and three-fourths of the members may find a verdict. In the cáse at bar a verdict was returned in favor of the plaintiff for $375. As stated in the appellant’s brief, the most important question involved is as to whether the 1 record shows that the verdict, within the meaning of subdivision 2, section 3292, Eevised Statutes 1898, was determined by a resort to chance. That it was so determined is one of the grounds alleged in the defendant’s…
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