Paul v. Pye
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Eice county to recover $426.20 for injuries received in a collision with defendant’s automobile. The answer set up a counterclaim for $50 for damages to defendant’s car. The case was tried before Childress, J., and a jury which returned a verdict for $50 in favor of defendant. From an order denying his motion for a new trial, plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHallam, J.
1. Plaintiff, driving a motorcycle, and defendant, driving an automobile, collided on a public highway. Each claimed the collision was solely the fault of the other. Plaintiff sued defendant for $426.20 damages. Defendant answered denying liability, and counterclaimed for $50 damages. The jury returned an affirmative verdict for defendant in the sum of $50. On the following morning all the jurors signed and swore to an affidavit that they in fact agreed upon a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $50, but that two forms of verdict had been handed them by the court, one for plaintiff and one for…
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