LEARNED v. GODFREY

No. 55583.

461 S.W.2d 5 (1970)

Mary Ann LEARNED, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Rondal GODFREY, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

December 14, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thurman, Nixon, Smith & Howald, James E. Bowles, Hillsboro, for plaintiff-respondent.

Dearing, Richeson, Roberts & Wegmann, Roland A. Wegmann, Hillsboro, for defendant-appellant.


SEILER, Judge.

The question for decision is whether a challenge for cause under Sec. 495.150, RSMo 1969, V.A.M.S., a statute relating to jurors in counties of 60,000 to 100,000 population, extends only to jurors who are in the employ of one who is a client of a lawyer in the case, or does it include a juror who is himself a client of one of the lawyers.

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