Youngs v. Sunderland
Youngs v. Sunderland
Opinion of the Court
The plaintiff in certiorari, who was the defendant below, complains that the Justice improperly admitted in evidence, a document purporting to be a lease, which was produced by the plaintiff below. The ground of
But secondly, it is insisted that the Justice refused to charge the jury up8n several matters relevant to the issue, and upon * which, his opinion was desired.
It appears from the amended return, that the defendant’s counsel stated eight distinct propositions, upon each of which, he requested the Justice to express an opinion to the jury. This the Justice did not do, and one of the reasons he assigns for not doing so is, that he thought it was the object of counsel, to embarrass him, rather than secure any benefit to the parties. Whatever foundation there was, to justify such a suspicion on the part of the Justice, he was bound to instruct the jury, upon the points raised by counsel, so far as they fairly arose out of the case, and were material and pertinent to the issue. It was not necessary, however, that the justice should take up the points submitted, one by one, and express a separate and distinct opinion upon each proposition by itself. It was sufficient if he so instructed the jury, as to give to the party, the benefit of all the principles and rules of law contained in his several points. Let us see then, what he was required to give in charge to the jury, and what he did give in charge to them. The several points stated by the defendant’s counsel, when consolidated, amount in substance to the following position, viz. that if a tenant remains in possession after the expiration of the lease, with the consent, express or implied, of his landlord, the tenancy will be considered as renewed or continued for another year or quarter, as the case may be, upon the terms of the
But there is one objection, which so far as it goes, appears to be well taken. It is this, that the Justice has taxed the jurors’ fees at seventy-five cents each, amounting in the whole to nine dollars and then trebled that sum. By the 22d Section of the act concerning forcible entries and detainers, Rev. Laivs, 353, it is provided, that jurors and witnesses shall receive the same fees, “ as are or shall be by law allowed to them respectively, in civil causes, in the Courts of Common Pleas.” In 1798, when that act was passed, jurors were allowed in the Common Pleas, twenty-five cents each, in every action, for the trial of which, they were sworn. But by the act of November 1827, Harr. Comp. 159, they are now to receive out of the county treasury, seventy-five cents each, for every day’s attendance at courts. This act, however, does not alter the standard or rate of juror’s fees. It gives them a per diem allowance, and directs the jurors’ fees to be paid to the Sheriff for the use of the county. Strictly speaking, jurors in the Superior Courts, have now no fees for trying . a cause — they réceive a per diem, whether sworn on any jury or not. But the jurors’ fees are still recognized by that act, as existing at twenty-five cents each. The whole tenor of the act shews, that its operation was intended to be confined to the courts mentioned in the first Section. The
Ford, J. and Ryerson, J. concurred.
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- JOHN YOUNGS v. JOHN P. SUNDERLAND
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