City of Flat River v. Edgar

TOWNSEND, Commissioner.

In this condemnation proceeding a nine-man verdict for $4000 in favor of defendant-landowner was returned and judgment was entered thereon. A hearing was had upon defendant’s motion for a new trial at which defendant adduced evidence in support of two of her assignments of error, namely,

“14. Because two members of the jury were members of a religious sect constitutionally opposed to serving on a jury and had been advised by the leaders of their sect or church not to serve on the jury, and because said jurors refused to take a part in the deliberations and simply…