Morris v. Braddy

Bell, Justice.

The plaintiff sued for a one-half interest in a tract of land, and the jury returned a verdict in his favor. The defendant moved for a new trial on the usual general grounds, to which he later added by amendment a single special ground, contending that one of the jurors was disqualified by relationship to a named party in the case. The original motion was duly filed on September 2, 1947. Qn September 22, the hearing was continued to October 17 because the movant had been unable to “obtain record from reporter.” On the last-mentioned date the court passed an order as follows, “No…