Cottle v. Cottle
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
A verdict in this action having been rendered for the plaintiff, the defendant moved the court to set it aside, for causes which are sufficiently apparent in the opinion of the Court, which was delivered by
1Opinion of the Court
Weston J.
The party obtaining a verdict in this case, did, during the session of the court at which his action was tried, carry one of the jury to whom his cause was submitted, knowing him to be a juror, several miles in a sleigh to the house of a friend of the party, where the juror was gratuitously provided with refreshment and lodging. Whether furnished at the party’s own house, or at the house of another by his procurement, either as an act of hospitality, or for a pecuniary compensation to be paid by the party, it is equally exceptionable. This is by statute made a sufficient reason, at…
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