Murphy v. Davis

HIGHTOWER, Justice.

The suit was instituted to remove certain restrictive covenants on lots of the plaintiffs in Block No. 1 of the West Eastwood Addition to the City of Lufkin. The verdict of the jury was adverse to the plaintiffs who have here assigned error to the trial court’s failure to grant a new trial because of jury misconduct. The points are substantially stated:(1) That certain jurors failed to fully divulge their knowledge about the property on the voir dire examination; (2) that one of the juror’s statement to the other jurors that- he had prior legal training was prejudicial ;…