UNITED STATES v. 4.925 ACRES OF LAND, ETC.

No. 10975.

143 F.2d 127 (1944)

UNITED STATES v. 4,925 ACRES OF LAND IN GRANT PARISH, LA., et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 13, 1944.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Malcolm E. Lafargue, U. S. Atty., and Jared Y. Fontenot, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Shreveport, La., Norman M. Littell, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Norman MacDonald, Atty., Department of Justice, and Wilma C. Martin, Atty, Department of Justice, both of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

No appearance for appellees.

Before HUTCHESON, McCORD, and WALLER, Circuit Judges.


WALLER, Circuit Judge.

When the jurors in this condemnation case advised the Court that they could not agree on a verdict, the Court instructed them that each juror should write his valuation on a piece of paper and put it in a hat, and that they then should divide the total of the twelve valuations by twelve, and thus arrive at a verdict.

The quotient verdict thus obtained was accepted and judgment entered accordingly.

While jurors are not permitted...

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