Carl S. Strickland Co. v. Union Banking Co.

1. The trial judge was not disqualified because he and a stockholder of the plaintiff corporation were married to sisters. Lee v. Jones, 161 Ga. 829 (132 S. E. 79) ; Central R. Co. v. Roberts, 91 Ga. 513 (18 S. E. 315).

2. While the judge was related by affinity to a nephew of his wife (James v. Douglasville Banking Co., 26 Ga. App. 509, 106 S. E. 595), the fact that this nephew appeared as attorney for the plaintiff did not serve to disqualify the judge, it not appearing that such attorney was employed on a contingent basis or had any other than a professional interest in the litigation.…