Houston & Texas Central Railroad v. Gray
Texas Supreme Court
Motion for rehearing of an application for writ of error by the Railroad Co. on affirmance on its appeal of a judgment for $30,000 recovered against it in the District Court of Robertson County by Gray.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Brown
This court having refused the application for writ of error, a motion for rehearing was presented by the plaintiff in error.
At the trial of this case, after the jury had been charged and retired, and while engaged in the consideration of the case, one or more of the jurors stated that the plaintiff ought to have a verdict for fifty thousand dollars, because the lawyers would get half. This was very reprehensible conduct and the court might and, we believe, should have punished such juror or jurors as indulged in urging that suggestion.
The questions for us are, first, have we authority to…
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