Nichols v. Seaboard Coastline Ry. Co.

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• prejudice found as a matter of law where juror brought definitions into the jury room during deliberations and copied them onto a chalkboard
• prejudice found as a matter of law where juror brought definitions into the jury room during deliberations and copied them onto a chalkboard
• unauthorized consultation of dictionary for definitions of legal terms violates juror's \sworn duty to apply the law as charged by the court to the facts of the case...\
• prejudice found as a matter of law where juror brought definitions into the jury room during deliberations and copied them onto a chalkboard
• prejudice presumed as a matter of law from jury’s consulting encyclopedia and dictionary definitions of ‘negligence,’ ‘contributory negligence,’ ‘subsequent negligence,’ and ‘subsequent contributory negligence’
• prejudice presumed as a matter of law from jury's consulting encyclopedia and dictionary definitions of `negligence,' `contributory negligence,' `subsequent negligence,' and `subsequent contributory negligence'

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