Louisville, New Orleans & Texas Railroad v. Mask
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appear from the Circuit Court of Coahoma County. Geo. F. MaynaRD, Esq., special judge, presiding by agreement, Hon. J. H. Wynn having been of counsel in the case. On March 2, 1885, H. Mask purchased a ticket at Memphis, Tenn., from the Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railroad Company to Lula, a regular station on its line in this State, and took passage on the first train for Lula; his ticket was duly taken up and cancelled by the conductor.
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Appear from the Circuit Court of Coahoma County. Geo. F. MaynaRD, Esq., special judge, presiding by agreement, Hon. J. H. Wynn having been of counsel in the case. On March 2, 1885, H. Mask purchased a ticket at Memphis, Tenn., from the Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railroad Company to Lula, a regular station on its line in this State, and took passage on the first train for Lula; his ticket was duly taken up and cancelled by the conductor. When the train approached the station the whistle was sounded and the train began to slow up. Mask and one Haynes, who were then the only passengers on…
1Opinion of the CourtAbnold, J.
The juror Hartgroves, being in the employment of appellant was subject to challenge, for that cause. He was not omni exceptions major. He would have been disqualified at common law, and we have no statute removing such disqualification. It does not matter that he had the self-confidence to swear that he could try the cause impartially. It was not for him to determine his competency on that point. When the fact was developed that he was in the employment of appellant, the law adjudged him incompetent. The law does not lead jurors into the temptations of a position where they may secure…
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