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title: O.C.G.A. § 15-12-134. Challenge of juror in civil case for desire or expression of opinion as to which party should prevail; hearing.
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# O.C.G.A. § 15-12-134. Challenge of juror in civil case for desire or expression of opinion as to which party should prevail; hearing.

In all civil cases it shall be good cause of challenge that a juror has expressed an opinion as to which party ought to prevail or that he has a wish or desire as to which shall succeed. Upon challenge made by either party upon either of these grounds, it shall be the duty of the court to hear the competent evidence respecting the challenge as shall be submitted by either party, the juror being a competent witness. The court shall determine the challenge according to the opinion it entertains of the evidence adduced thereon.

## History

Penal Code 1895, § 855; Penal Code 1910, § 859; Code 1933, § 59-705; Ga. L. 1949, p. 1082, § 2; Ga. L. 1951, p. 214, § 2.

## Cross References

Incompetency of person to serve as juror in divorce case for having conscientious scruples as to granting of divorces, § 19-5-9.

## Law Reviews

For article comparing sections of the Georgia Civil Practice Act (§ 9-11-1 et seq.) with preexisting provisions of the Georgia Code, see 3 Ga. St. B.J. 295 (1967). For article, ‘‘Practitioner’s Note Jury Selection: Whose Job Is It, Anyway?,’’ see 23 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 617 (2007).

## History of Code Section.

The language of this Code section is derived in part from the decisions in Justices of Inferior Court of Pike Co. v. Griffin & West Point Plane Road Co., 15 Ga. 39 (1854), and Hilton & Dodge Lumber Co. v. Ingram, 135 Ga. 696, 70 S.E. 234 (1911).