Moody Equipment & Supply Co. v. Union National Bank

As far as I am able to ascertain this is the first time in history that a jury verdict has been set aside because one of the jurors stated one of the witnesses had “pretty blue eyes.” In fact, during my trial days I heard similar remarks on a number of occasions and the thought never occurred to me, nor apparently to the court, nor even to the opposing attorney, that there was anything wrong with this. Even a juror must continue to live a fairly normal life during the time he is serving in that capacity. In fact, one of the instructions admonishes the jury not to disregard their common sense…