Alcorn v. Cudahy Packing Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

Plaintiff obtained a verdict and judgment against defendant under the workmen’s compensation act, and the sole question for review relates to a complaint that the trial court coerced the jury to render its verdict.

The circumstances were these: In Sedgwick county, where this action arose, the district court follows a custom of calling juors for two weeks’ service and then releasing them. It also has a custom of having no sessions of court on Saturday afternoon.- In this case the cause was submitted to the jury at 3:25 p. m., on Friday of the…