Mann v. James
Mann v. James
Opinion of the Court
The action in the court below was to recover rents alleged to be due for rented premises. It was first tried before a judge and jury and resulted in a verdict for the defendant. The judge, deeming the verdict unwarranted by the evidence, set it aside and granted a new trial. A day being set for the retrial, appellant’s counsel filed a challenge to the judge sitting further in the cause on the ground that he had “delivered and formulated his opinion on the matter in question.” This challenge was overruled and the ease set for trial on the afternoon of the day previously announced. The defendant’s attorney excepted to the overruling of the challenge. In the afternoon the case was called and a prima facie case proven by the plaintiff. No defense being interposed, judgment was rendered in favor of the plaintiff.
There is in the case no record of appeal, notice of appeal (except a notation in the record of the court below), or specifications of error; nor does there appear in the state of
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