Lessee of Smith v. M'Cormick

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Lessee of Smith v. M'Cormick

2 Yeates 164

DecidedDecember 15, 1796

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Lessee of Smith v. M'Cormick, 2 Yeates 164 (Pa. 1796).

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Where a jury has given a verdict manifestly and grossly wrong, a court will grant a new trial, though they gave no charge.

On motion for a new trial, after argument, the court declared, that the rule where a matter of fact had been left to the decision of the jury, without any charge of the court, a new trial would not be granted, could not possibly extend to cases wherein the jury had found a verdict necessarily and grossly wrong ; but in this instance the motion was denied.,

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Where a jury has given a verdict manifestly and grossly wrong, a court will grant a new trial, though they gave no charge.

On motion for a new trial, after argument, the court declared, that the rule where a matter of fact had been left to the decision of the jury, without any charge of the court, a new trial would not be granted, could not possibly extend to cases wherein the jury had found a verdict necessarily and grossly wrong ; but in this instance the motion was denied.,

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2 Yeates 164, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/lessee-of-smith-v-mcormick-pa-1796.