State Ex Rel. Jennings v. Peacock

Proceedings were instituted in County Judge’s Court by a landlord to evict a tenant under Sections 3534-3542 R. G. S„ 5398-5406 C. G. L., known as the Landlord and Tenant Statutes. The defendant made request for trial by jury. The respondent County Judge denied defendant’s request, except on condition that defendant deposit in the County Judge’s Court a sufficient sum of money to pay such jury its legal fees for serving as such jury and the defendant declined to deposit such sum of money, or any sum of money, to be used to pay a jury to try the cause. The County Judge, the respondent there…