Neal v. Peevey
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL from Crawford Circuit Court. Hon. J. H. Rogers, Circuit Judge. 1. No exception was taken or noted by defendants to the amending of the verdict by the court. But the court had the right to reform the verdict. It was its duty to see that the verdict was formally and properly rendered. Gantt’s Digest, sec. 1676; Tucker $ Stiles v. Cochran, Sup. Ct. N. IT., Am.
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APPEAL from Crawford Circuit Court. Hon. J. H. Rogers, Circuit Judge. 1. No exception was taken or noted by defendants to the amending of the verdict by the court. But the court had the right to reform the verdict. It was its duty to see that the verdict was formally and properly rendered. Gantt’s Digest, sec. 1676; Tucker $ Stiles v. Cochran, Sup. Ct. N. IT., Am. Law Deg., vol. 7 (N. S.),254; Haycock v. Greup, ib., 533; Crary v. Carradine, etc., 1¡. Ark., 216. 2. Where the record states that “the jury were duly or regularly sworn, this court will presume that the oath was properly…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
Peevey sued Neal and Miller for false imprisonment, and recovered a verdict ahd judgment for $175 damages.
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The first and second grounds of the motion for a new trial were, that the verdict rendered was amended by the court without having been signed by the foreman after it was rendered, and that the court refused to receive the verdict rendered by the jury.
The bill of exceptions shows that the verdict returned into court read thus: “We, the jury, find for the plaintiff, and assess the damages at $87.50 each.
“Joseph Savage, Foreman.”
The court informed the jury that…
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