Howell v. Howell
Supreme Court of Georgia
Practice in tbe Superior Court. Jurors. Evidence. Practice in the Supreme Court. Before Judge Rice. Gwinnett Superior Court.
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Practice in tbe Superior Court. Jurors. Evidence. Practice in the Supreme Court. Before Judge Rice. Gwinnett Superior Court. September Adjourned Term, 1876. The following, taken in connection with the opinion, sufficiently reports this case: The heirs at law of Evan Elowell, deceased, filed their bill to set aside and cancel certain deeds of the deceased to Singleton G. Elowell, one of his sons, on the ground that they were procured by undue and fraudulent influences brought to bear upon deceased, who was in his dotage. The answer denied the use of any such influences, or that he was in his…
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Judge.
This case was here before', on an alleged error in the court below in granting the defendant a new trial, when the verdict was against him. Now the verdict is for him, the court below has refused the complainants a new trial, and they bring up the case on various grounds of error contained in their motion for a new trial.
1. The first ground is the refusal of the court to purge the panel of jurors from which a special jury of twelve men was to be stricken, on demand of the defendants, the plaintiffs in error here. That demand was couched in the following words: “ That said…
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