Solomon v. Loud

We consider only whether the trial court ought to have set aside the verdict of the jury and granted a new trial upon the motion of the plaintiff and appellant. In denying a new trial the court, among other things, said:

“ The remaining grounds for a new trial are based upon the alleged misconduct of the defendant and his attorney in hiring one Joseph Eaton, a juror, ‘ to watch the jury ’ and plaintiff and his counsel. From the affidavits submitted with the motion, and from what came to the knowledge of the court immediately after the trial, I find the facts connected with this incident as…