¶1Independent of the gross misconduct of the justice, in permitting such an improper use of spirituous liquor at the trial, for which the consent of parties affords no excuse, the verdict was decidedly wrong upon the evidence.
¶2Judgment reversed.
15 Johns. 455
Decided October 15, 1818
New York Supreme Court · decided 1818-10-15
IN ERROR, on certiorari to a Justice’s Court. The defendant in error brought an action of trespass, in the court below, against the plaintiffs in error, for taking his cow.
Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently October 1883
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Decided 1818-10-15