Smith v. Allbright’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 11 state decisions

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1. ““I was one of the jurors that tried this case about two or three weeks ago. I remember Mr. Carr who was on that jury. With reference to what Mr. Carr said as to his acquaintance or relations to Mr. Futch, about all I remember his saying was that he had known Mr. Futch for some time. I believe he said he had lived at Coleman and knew Mr. Futch pretty well and that he believed Mr. Futch knew what he was doing when he bought those lots; that he didn’t believe Mr. Futch would have bought them if he hadn’t thought the title was clear, and he didn’t think there was any argument to it. The- jury was out something like a day. As to whether or not in discussing the ease Mr. Carr contended for Mr. Futch’s standpoint all the time: According to the way he expressed himself, it was that he was very much in favor of Mr. Futch on account of knowing Mr. Futch like he did. I believe he said he had lived at Coleman possibly some two or three years and knew Mr. Futch well; that character of statements and arguments by him was when we first went into the jury room, and it was the same thing throughout our deliberation.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Allbright v. Smith

2. ““Q. You don’t mean to tell the court that Mr. Carr rendered a verdict or voted in favor of answering the question ‘Yes ’ simply because he knew Mr. Futch and was a friend of Mr. Futch, do you? A. No; I did not say that.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Allbright v. Smith