Brown v. McNair
Court Of Appeals Of Indian Territory
'Appeal from the United States Court for the Northern District. Joseph A. Gill, Judge. Action by Carrie McNair against Samuel Brown and another. Judgment for Plaintiff. Defendants appeal.
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'Appeal from the United States Court for the Northern District. Joseph A. Gill, Judge. Action by Carrie McNair against Samuel Brown and another. Judgment for Plaintiff. Defendants appeal. On the 5th day of November, 1902, plaintiff (appellee here) filed her complaint at law against appellant Sam Brown (defendant below), in which she alleged that she and said defendant were residents of Indian Territory; that on or about the 22d day of October, 1902, she was the owner and in possession of 750 bushels of corn then on her farm on Verdigris river; that on that date defendant Sam Brown entered…
1Opinion of the CourtTowNsend, J.
Appellants have filed herein five assignments of error. Of these, the first and second may be considered together. They are as follows:
“(1) The court erred in overruling defendant's challenge for cause to the jurors Duke and Adams. (2) The court erred in overruling the defendant's challenge to the juror McCaleb.” Appellants contend that the court erred in overruling defendant's challenge for cause to these jurors because the relation of attorney and client had existed between them and one of the *71attorneys for appellee. The record clearly shows, however, that the relation had terminated “three…
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- Wilson v. OwensCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1898
- Warren v. DwyerMichigan Supreme Court · 1892
- Missouri, Kansas & Texas R'y Co. v. ElliottCourt Of Appeals Of Indian Territory · 1899