Homestead Farms, Inc. v. State

Appellant Homestead Farms (Homestead) brings this appeal from the order of the Dubois Circuit Court granting appellee’s (State) motion to correct errors and ordering a new trial.

FACTS:

The proceedings pertinent to this appeal were initiated by the State’s filing of a complaint for the appropriation of land owned by Homestead. Appraisers were properly appointed, and their reports were filed in due time.

The State, however, objected to the reports of said appraisers and filed a demand for trial by jury. It appears that during the trial of the cause, one of the jurors was observed in a very brief…