Fones Bros. Hardware Co. v. Mears

This suit was brought in the' common pleas court of Ashley County and judgment recovered against appellee on a verified open account for. goods and merchandise sold and delivered to him. Upon his appeal to the circuit court and trial by jury verdict was returned in favor of appellee, and from the judgment thereon this appeal comes.

After the verdict was rendered appellant immediately filed what it called a motion in arrest of judgment objecting to the rendition of the judgment on the verdict on the ground that one of the jurors, Charley Slocum, was related to appellee. The motion reads as…