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FORD MOTOR CREDIT CO. v. AMODT

29 Wis.2d 441 (1966)

FORD MOTOR CREDIT COMPANY, Appellant, v. AMODT, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

January 4, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there were briefs and oral argument by John Frampton of Chippewa Falls.

For the respondent there was a brief and oral argument by Frank E. Huettner of Cadott.

GORDON, J.

For all our reverence for the jury system, we must not be blind to the fact that a jury is but 12 human beings possessed of all the foibles and flaws of mortal men. Shakespeare touched on this in Measure for Measure (Act 2, Scene 1):

"The jury, passing on the prisoner's life, May in the sworn twelve have a thief or two Guiltier than him they try."

Abraham Lincoln in a letter dated June 12, 1863, to Erastus Corning wrote:

"A jury...

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