Hughes-Buie Co. v. Vasquez

Statement of Case.

HIGGINS, J.

Appellee brought this suit to recover damages sustained through personal injury. The case was submitted to a jury upon 24 special issues. The record discloses the following:

The case was submitted to the jury on Saturday, May 19, 1917, and at 6 p. m. upon said date the jury returned into open court its answers to the issues submitted. The court inquired of the jury if it had rendered a verdict, and was advised by the foreman that it had. The court ordered the clerk to read the verdict. The clerk thereupon received the verdict from the foreman and in open court read…