State Ex Rel. Peterson v. County Court of Clark County

It is the contention of the appellant that ch. 167, Laws of 1959, is mandatory and that in effect it repealed other provisions of the statutes providing for the selection of juries in justice courts. The circuit court, as the basis for its order, held that said chapter provided only an optional method, particularly since there was no showing that any request had been made by the sheriff to the jury commissioners to furnish him with a list of names of persons available for jury duty.

The respondents, represented by the attorney general and the district attorney of Clark county, contend that…