Carthage Turnpike Co. v. Overman

— Appellee sued appellant to recover damages for personal injuries. At the first trial of the cause the jury disagreed and was discharged without having reached a verdict. At the second trial the jury returned a special verdict under the act of March 11, 1895, and the court sustained appellee’s motion for a venire de novo because of ambiguity and uncertainty in the special verdict, to which appellant excepted. The third trial resulted in a special verdict in appellee’s favor upon which the court rendered judgment over appellant’s motion for a new trial.

Numerous alleged errors have been…