Case Name: F. B. CLARK v. HIS CREDITORS
Court: Supreme Court of California
Jurisdiction: California
Decision Date: 1881
Citations: 57 Cal. 639
Docket Number: No. 7,492
Parties: F. B. CLARK v. HIS CREDITORS.
Judges: 
Reporter: California Reports
Volume: 57
Pages: 639–639

Head Matter:
[No. 7,492.
Department One. ]
F. B. CLARK v. HIS CREDITORS.
New Trial—Misconduct of Jury—Affidavit of Juror to Impeach Verdict.—The affidavit of a juror cannot be received to impeach a verdict, to.—Conflict of Evidence—Instructions—Exception.
Appeal from the judgment discharging an insolvent, and from an order denying a new trial, in the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. Howard, J.
A petition for a rehearing was filed, and denied.
Barclay & Wilson, for Appellants.
W. P. Gardner, and Brunson & Wells, for Respondents.

Opinion:
The Court :
Appellant says, first, that the jury were guilty of misconduct; second, that the evidence did not justify the verdict; third, that error occurred in the giving of instructions.
1. There was no evidence of misconduct in the jury-room, other than the affidavit of jurors. A juror cannot impeach his own verdict. (Polhemus v. Heiman, 50 Cal. 433, 441.)
2. There was a substantial conflict in the testimony.
3. The instructions were not. excepted to.
Judgment and order affirmed.