Noll v. Lee

Plaintiff appeals from the judgment entered upon a “nine to three” jury verdict in defendant’s favor. The only assignment of error is that the trial court erred in denying plaintiff’s motion for a new trial when it became known, following the receipt of the jury’s verdict, that one of the jurors had taken a copy of the Vehicle Code into the jury room and had read to the other members of the jury certain sections of said code which had not been included in the court’s instructions.

The action was one for damages for personal injuries arising out of an automobile accident which occurred on the…