Leonard v. Houston

Per Curiam,

The plaintiff obtained a verdict in an action of assumpsit. The defendant filed a motion for a new trial, assigning five specific errors on. the trial, in addition to the stereotyped reasons that the verdict Avas against the evidence and the Aveight of the evidence.

Subsequently one of the jurors came to the trial judge and told him how the verdict had been agreed upon, in such way as to lead the judge to believe that the verdict had not been properly arrived at and was not conscionable; and on that ground alone, after notice to counsel, a new trial was granted. The court did not…