Ward v. Blackwood’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 16 state decisions

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1. ““In Pleasants v. Heard, 15 Ark. 407 , the affidavit of Strawn, one of the jurors, was filed to show that the jury agreed that each member thereof should write down the amount that he was in favor of, and that these several amounts should be added up and their sum divided by twelve, the number of the jurors, and that the quotient should be taken and written as the amount of their verdict, which was accordingly done, and the verdict so arrived at was returned into court as the verdict of the jury. Chief Justice English, in delivering the opinion of the court, said: ‘Though there are some conflicting eases, we think it may be safely decided, upon authority, and for many good reasons, that the affidavit of the juror, Strawn, was not admissible in this case to impeach the verdict rendered by him for the cause stated in the affidavit.’ Thompson & Merriam on Jury Trials, § 414. “The rule laid down in Pleasants v. Heard has not been changed or repealed in civil cases, but on the contrary, in such cases remains in full force.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Chess & Wymond Co. v. Wallis