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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Ladd v. Wilson.
    The Court will not, in general; suffer the affidavits of jurymen to be read, upon a motion for new trial, on the ground of mistake, miscalculation, or misconduct of the iury- . ’ ...
    Verdict for the plaintiff.
    Motion by the defendant’ for a new trial, grounded on the affidavits of three or four'of the jurymen, that a mistake was made by the foreman in-calculating upon the principles agreed on by the jury ; some of the others, particularly the foreman, believed there was no mistake.
    
      Mr. Swann, for the plaintiff,
    cited Vasie v. Delaval, 1 T. R. 11, and Cochran v. Street, 1 Wash.'79. '■
   The Court

were of opinion, that it was dangerous to take the affidavits of j urors as' to mistakes' of calculations, &c.; but on reading the. affidavits, there did not appear to have been an error in the foreman’s calculation, and a new trial was refused. '- The Court, however, wished it not to be considered as giving a sanetion to the practice of taking such affidavits of jurymen; ■