St. Louis Southwestern Ry. Co. of Texas v. Braziel

The contentions of appellant will be disposed of in the order in which they are presented in its brief.

1. It is insisted the judgment should be reversed because the court erred, appellant says, when he overruled its motion for a new trial on the ground that the jury was guilty of misconduct in that "in their deliberation (quoting) before arriving at a verdict" they "mentioned and/or discussed attorneys' fees." At the hearing on said motion four of the jurors testified as witnesses. It appeared from their testimony that the matter of attorneys' fees was mentioned by one of their number, but it…