143 F.2d 127 | 5th Cir. | 1944
When the jurors in this condemnation case advised the Court that they could not agree on a verdict, the Court instructed them that each juror should write his valuation on a piece of paper and put it in a hat, and that they then should divide the total of the twelve valuations by twelve, and thus arrive at a verdict.
The quotient verdict thus obtained was accepted and judgment entered accordingly.
While jurors are not permitted to impeach their verdict by showing that same was reached by the quotient method, and while many Courts have allowed such ver
The judgment is reversed and the cause remanded for a new trial.
Reversed and remanded.