Bell v. Butler
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Richardson, J., entered April 11, 1903, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff in an action for personal injuries.
1Per curiam
The respondent, an infant, brought this action to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been received by reason of the bite of a dog belonging to appellant. A verdict was returned in his favor. Thereafter a motion for a new trial was made and overruled, and a judgment entered, from which this appeal is taken. The motion for a new trial was based on the ground of misconduct of the jury in that they arrived at their verdict by lot or chance.
*132From the record it appears that the jury unanimously agreed that the verdict should be for the plaintiff, but were at variance as to the…
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