Eastman v. Commissioners of Burke County
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2 later published cases cite this decision.
- City of Jackson v. McFadden (Miss. 1937)
- White v. . Lane (N.C. 1910)
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Opinion of the Court
This is an action, for possession of a part of the court-house square- in Burke county. The plaintiff made a motion to have the cause removed to another county, on the ground that the subject of the action is county property, and that every juror in the county was interested as a taxpayer.
The same principle was considered in Johnson v. Rankin, 70 N. C., 550, and the motion was overruled. No judge or juror can serve in an action in which lie is interested, but the interest ofa man because of his residence in a county or town is too remote aud indirect. Such a rule would disqualify every judge or justice of the peace to try an action in the county or town in which he resided.
Affirmed.
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