First National Bank v. Post
Supreme Court of Vermont
Debt on two recognizances. Pleas, the general issue and offset. Trial by jury at the September term, 1893, Franklin county, Ross, C. J., presiding. Verdict for the plaintiff on its declaration and for the defendant on his declaration in offset. The court gave the defendant judgment for the balance remaining after deducting the amount found due the plaintiff from the amount found due the defendant. The plaintiff excepts.' The opinion states the case.
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Debt on two recognizances. Pleas, the general issue and offset. Trial by jury at the September term, 1893, Franklin county, Ross, C. J., presiding. Verdict for the plaintiff on its declaration and for the defendant on his declaration in offset. The court gave the defendant judgment for the balance remaining after deducting the amount found due the plaintiff from the amount found due the defendant. The plaintiff excepts.' The opinion states the case. See same case, 65 Vt. 222. The defendant could not contradict his witness, Safford. Cox v. Eayrs, 55 Vt. 24; Adams v. Waite, C)7 Mass. 67; 1…
1Opinion of the CourtThompson, J.
I. A juror who served in this case was drawn and served as a talesman in a state case tried by jury in the Franklin county court, at its April term, A. D. 1893. Pie was thus drawn from St. Albans, a town then and now having more than two hundred inhabitants. The trial of the case at bar at which this juror served occurred at the September term, A. D. 1893, of that court, The *239plaintiff' moved to set aside the verdict on the ground that this juror was disqualified from being drawn and-serving for two years from the time he was drawn as talesman. In support of this contention the plaintiff…
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