Waltz v. Neusbamer
Waltz v. Neusbamer
Opinion of the Court
The appellee, who was the plaintiff, brought this suit against Waltz, to recover rent of farm, &c. The issues were submitted to a jury, who found for the plaintiff. Motion for a new trial denied, and judgment on the verdict.
As a cause for a new trial, the defendant assigned as follows: “Accident and surprise, which ordinary prudence could not have guarded against, as alleged in an affidavit of defendant filed with and in support of the assigned cause. The affidavit is as follows: “Defendant, being duly sworn, &e., on his oath, says that Joel Barnhart and Calvin Barnhart, two of the jurymen who tried said cause, are and were of kin to the plaintiff', as he, defendant, has been informed and verily be
As this affidavit fails to point out the degree of-relationship existing between the jurors and the plaintiff, it must be held defective, and as constituting no ground in support of the assigned cause for a new trial. Baily v. Richardson, at the present term. The motion for a new trial was, correctly,overruled. There is another error assigned, but it is not noticed in the appellant’s brief, and will not, therefore, be noticed in this Court. See Rule 28, Ind. Dig. p. 721.
The judgment is affirmed, with 5 per cent, damages and costs.
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