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BURNETT v. NELMS

559 S.W.2d 784 (1977)

Lincoln O. BURNETT, Larry Graves and Jim Bob Scruggs, Petitioners, v. M.A. NELMS and Ann H. Nelms, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

December 19, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold W. McLeary, Jr., Lloyd S. Adams, Jr., Adams, Ryal & McLeary, Humboldt, for petitioners.

James D. Senter, III, Senter & Senter, Humboldt, for respondents.

OPINION

COOPER, Justice.

We granted this petition for certiorari to consider whether the respondents are entitled to a new trial as a result of an allegedly false answer given by a juror to a question asked him on voir dire.

This question has arisen in connection with a suit for personal injuries and property damage. On November 22, 1971, a car driven by the respondent, Ann Nelms, was struck by several bales of cotton that fell from a truck. The...

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