PATTON v. CALDWELL


1 U.S. 419 (1789)

1 Dall. 419

PATTON versus CALDWELL.

Supreme Court of United States.


M'KEAN, Chief Justice.

The objection turns upon this principle, that the Defendant had no opportunity of cross-examining upon the former trial; and the answer is, that he, with the rest of the underwriters, had agreed to be bound by one verdict; which is certainly the only ground for offering the evidence proposed by the Plaintiff's counsel.

Whether this agreement was made in person, or by a Broker mutually employed...

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