Buckeye Cotton Oil Co. v. Owen

Citations

• 122 Miss. 14

Syllabus

<p>1. Trial. Quotient verdict irregular if result of agreement.</p> <p>A verdict arrived at by adding together the amounts the several jurors thought should be awarded to the plaintiff and dividing the sum thus obtained by twelve, pursuant to a previous agreement by the jurors so to .do, is irregular and will be set aside.</p> <p>2. Trial. To render quotient verdict error, previous agreement is necessary.</p> <p>A quotient verdict will not be set aside unless it affirmatively appears from the evidence that the jurors agreed in. advance to return such a verdict.</p>