Case Name: Tillie Green et al., Respondents, v. Morris Bramson et al., Doing Business as Hotel Columbia, Appellants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1959-02-05
Citations: 17 Misc. 2d 150
Docket Number: 
Parties: Tillie Green et al., Respondents, v. Morris Bramson et al., Doing Business as Hotel Columbia, Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 17
Pages: 150–151

Head Matter:
Tillie Green et al., Respondents, v. Morris Bramson et al., Doing Business as Hotel Columbia, Appellants.
Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department,
February 5, 1959.
Irvi/ng Jaffe, Normand Bard and Louis Mitler, for appellants.
Guadagno $ Shugerman (Arthur N. Seif and Eric A. Seif of counsel), for respondents.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The only evidence relating to the jury's misconduct was adduced at a hearing held approximately two weeks after the verdict was returned and was given by the jurors themselves.
While the conduct of the offending juror cannot be justified it does not appear that the item which he brought to the jury room contributed to a prejudicial attitude on the part of the jurors.
Moreover a juror may not impeach his own verdict and under all the circumstances here the hearing conducted by the court below was violative of that well-established principle.
The order setting aside the verdict of the jury may not be permitted to stand and is hereby reversed.
The order should be reversed, with costs, and the verdict of the jury is reinstated.
Concur — Hecht, J. P., Aurelio and Tilzer, JJ.
Order reversed, etc.