Parks v. Citizens Bank of Valdosta

1. “No judge can sit in any cause or proceeding in which he is pecuniarily interested, or related to either party within the fourth degree of consanguinity or affinity. Civil Code, § 4642. The word ‘party’ thus referred to ‘would include any one pecuniarily interested in the result of the ease, and would not be limited to a person who is a party to the record.’” Dobbins v. Marietta, 148 Ga. 467 (97 S. E. 439), and cit.

2. In the instant case Judge J. G. Cranford presided. After the trial the following facts were discovered by Mrs. Parks, the losing party: At the time of the trial Mrs. Mary 0.…