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2 Yeates 166

Brunson v. Graham

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 15, 1796

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · decided 1796-12-15

Case, for non-performance of a contract respecting the transfer of funded stock of the United States. The cause was tried at the sittings in Philadelphia, on the 19th September last, and a verdict for the plaintiff.

Decided 1796-12-15

¶1A rule was made to show cause why the verdict should not be set aside and a new trial granted, which rule was now made absolute by consent without, argument. It was admitted, that the jury retired from the bar and conferred together for some time without coming to a decision, and then broke up late at night. Next morning. Qne of the jurors applied to a broker for information respecting the price of certificates at a particular period, and having obtained the intelligence he wanted, communicated the same to his fellow jurors. Cro. El. 189,

¶2Yenire facias de novo awarded.

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