Godwin v. Bryan

Citations

• 16 Fla. 396

Syllabus

<p>1. The Appellate Court will not review the rulings or the charge of the Court upon a trial by jury, unless exceptions were duly taken before the rendition of the verdict.</p> <p>2. Exceptions to the decision of the Court upon a motion for a new trial, are of no avail so far as they relate to rulings of the Judge upon tíie trial of a cause, if such rulings were not excepted to during the trial. This rule prevails as well in cases which arose under the Code as under the former and the present practice in this State.</p> <p>3. A new trial should not be granted upon proof of declarations made by a juror relating to the deliberations of the jury.</p>