Rumping v. Arkansas National Bank
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Garland Circuit Court; Calvin T. Gotham, Judge; 1. The peremptory challenge of the juror Webb should have been allowed. A juror is not to be excluded merely because he is indebted to one of the parties, but where he is at that party’s mercy, or has been treated with peculiar indulgence, he is disqualified. 17 Am. & Eng.
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Appeal from Garland Circuit Court; Calvin T. Gotham, Judge; 1. The peremptory challenge of the juror Webb should have been allowed. A juror is not to be excluded merely because he is indebted to one of the parties, but where he is at that party’s mercy, or has been treated with peculiar indulgence, he is disqualified. 17 Am. & Eng. Enc. of Law (2 ed.), 1127; 29 S. W. 926; 35 W. Va. 337, 13 S. E. 1015; 37 Neb. 435; 55 N. W. 943. 2. Appellant was entitled to a directed verdict, because the endorsement of the drafts was void under the statute. Kirby’s Dig., § § 3690, 3691; 41 Ark. 331, 340, 346.…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, C. J.
The plaintiff, John H. Bumping, was. swindled by certain parties in the City of Hot Springs who induced him to wager his property in what was represented to be a pool room where bets were made on horse races. He staked certain drafts aggregating the sum of $3,778 on a race, and those drafts were placed in the hands of defendant Arkansas National Bank of Hot Springs for collection. The bank collected the drafts .and paid the proceeds out to one Ed Spear, the person who delivered the same to the bank for collection. The drafts were properly endorsed in blank by the plaintiff. This is an action…
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