Lambertus v. Buckley

In this appeal, a trial was had to a jury on the plaintiff’s petition praying for judgment against the defendant for the value of certain corn which the plaintiff alleged was delivered to the defendant and not paid for. The jury deliberated for 6 hours and returned a 10-2 verdict in favor of the defendant. The plaintiff appeals and assigns one error: That

the trial court erred in refusing to receive in evidence affidavits of five jurors reciting that they misunderstood and misapplied the court’s instruction No. 10. The court’s instruction No. 10 is as follows:

You are instructed that you may…