Pierce v. Bush

OPINION of the Court, by

Judge Owsley.

— This writ of error is brought to a judgment obtained by Bush in an action of trespass prosecuted against him in the court below by Pierce. A motion was made in that court for a new trial, on the grounds that one of the jurors, before the trial, had observed his mind was made up against Pierce ; and the plaintiff made oath he knew nothing of the juror having formed an opinion before the trial, and produced the affidavit of Joab Watson, proving the declarations of the juror. . The court below rejected the affidavit of Watson, and overruled the plaintiff’s…