Beasley v. Burt

Candler, Justice.

(After stating the foregoing facts.) We deal first with the qualification of the trial judge. It is insisted that, while Blaekshear Bank was not a party to the proceedings, it had such a pecuniary interest in the outcome of the case that the trial judge should have disqualified himself on a motion made for that purpose. If disqualified, it was because of his relationship, within the prohibited degree, to one who had an interest in stock of Blaekshear Bank. It was not disputed that the wife of the judge owned, at the time of trial, an interest in stock of Blaekshear Bank. “No…