Opinion

Morehead v. Brown

  • 13 N.Y.S. 197
  • 35 N.Y. St. Rep. 766
  • 59 Hun 617
  • 1891 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 1026
Court
New York Supreme Court
Filed
Feb 4, 1891
Status
Published
Author
Landon
On the bench
Landon, Learned
Cited by
0 cases

The opinion

Landon, J.

I think the judgment of the justice’s court was right upon the merits, and that the errors complained of did not prejudice the defendant. Code Civil Proe. § 3063. The verdict was in writing, and accords with the illiteracy which is often an accepted test of the impartiality of jurors. The practice of requiring a verdict in writing is not prescribed by law, and, if technical inaccuracy is to be made a pretext for setting it aside, cannot be too vigorously condemned. I advise a reversal of the judgment of the county court.

Mayham, J., concurs.

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