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Miller v. Gerard

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jan 1, 1922
200 App. Div. 870 (N.Y. App. Div. 1922)

Summary

In Miller v. Gerard (200 App. Div. 870) the court said: "Public policy forbids the impeachment of a verdict by the affidavits of jurors.

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Opinion

January, 1922.

Present — Blackmar, P.J., Rich, Kelly, Jaycox and Manning, JJ.


Order reversed, with costs, motion denied, with costs, and judgment unanimously reinstated. The affidavits submitted by the defendant in support of the motion for a new trial are clearly insufficient to meet the requirements of the rule applicable to motions of this character. Public policy forbids the impeachment of a verdict by the affidavits of jurors, and the wisdom of this prohibition is thoroughly exemplified in the present case, where eleven of the jury made affidavits in support of the motion at the request of the defendant's attorney, and subsequently, at the request of plaintiff's attorney, ten recanted and made affidavits contrary to those first obtained from them. No attention should be paid to these affidavits.


Summaries of

Miller v. Gerard

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jan 1, 1922
200 App. Div. 870 (N.Y. App. Div. 1922)

In Miller v. Gerard (200 App. Div. 870) the court said: "Public policy forbids the impeachment of a verdict by the affidavits of jurors.

Summary of this case from Spielter v. North German Lloyd Steamship Co.
Case details for

Miller v. Gerard

Case Details

Full title:GEORGE H. MILLER, Appellant, v. DANIEL M. GERARD, Respondent

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Jan 1, 1922

Citations

200 App. Div. 870 (N.Y. App. Div. 1922)

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