Smaltz v. Boyce
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Bay; Maxwell, J. Case by Michael Smaltz and others against Jonathan Boyce and another for the loss of property by fire, alleged to have been caused by defendants’ negligence. From a judgment for plaintiffs, defendant Boyce brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtHooker, J.
The most important legal question in this cause relates to the jury; a challenge to the array having been interposed, to which a demurrer was filed. The record shows that upon November 2i, 1894, at a time when no jury cases were pending before said court, an order was made, upon the court’s own motion, as follows:
*384 “In the Matter of the Returns of Lists of Grand and Petit Jurors.
“It appearing to the court that, in making the selections of persons to serve as grand and petit jurors in this county, the returning officers have disregarded the provisions of law, it is therefore ordered that all…
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