Eaton v. Grindle

Jordan, Justice.

Appellant brought suit in the Superior Court of Lumpkin County to resolve a land line dispute. After a jury trial the dispute was resolved in appellant’s favor. Appellee filed a motion for new trial on the ground that a juror at the trial was disqualified as a third cousin of the appellant’s wife. The motion was sustained and a new trial granted. At the second trial, a jury returned a verdict for appellee. Appellant filed an amended motion for new trial contending that unknown to him one of the jurors, Jewell Justus, was the husband of a third cousin of Alma Grindle, a named…