Hunter v. Mathis

On Petition for a Rehearing.

Downey, J.

A petition for a rehearing has been filed in this case, in which it is contended with great apparent earnestness that the fact that the appellant was a grand juror must have been specially pleaded, in order to entitle him to the protection of the law, and that if such was not the case, there was no legal evidence that he was a grand juror.

In support of the first position reference is made to sec. 66 and sec. 91 of the code. The first named section declares that defences, except the mere denial of the facts alleged by the plaintiff shall be pleaded…