Morris v. Foreaker

Opinion by

Will-son, J.

§ 37. Justice of the peace; if disqualified to try a case, may transfer it to nearest justice. Appellant brought this suit in justice’s court of precinct No. 1. The justice of the peace of that precinct was disqualified from sitting in said case because he was related to appellant within the third degree, he being the brother-in-law of appellant. [R. S., art. 1538.] Said justice transferred the cause to the justice of the peace of precinct No. 2, the *58nearest justice of the peace in the county qualified to try the same, and said last-named justice tried and determined…