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The Extent To Which Affidavits Of Jurors Will Be Considered For The Purpose Of Setting Aside Their Own Verdict, Albert Olsen

Washington Law Review

The question as to what extent and under what circumstances the affidavits of jurors will be considered on a motion for a new trial, arises in instances where the losing party feels that the jury has failed to properly exercise its function of deciding the case in an impartial and unprejudiced manner according to the law and evidence submitted in the case. In an early case the arbitrary rule was laid down that under no circumstances would an affidavit of a juror be considered for the purpose of setting aside the juror's sworn act incorporated in the verdict.The rule thus …