Catherine Dixon v. B. & B. R. R.

On the 27th of February, 1879, on application of the several plaintiffs, a justice of the peace issued warrants, directed .to the marshal of the District of Columbia, requiring him to summon in each case a jury of twenty citizens to assemble on the premises and assess the damages sustained by the plaintiffs, respectively, in consequence of the laying of the defendant’s railroad track along Sixth street. The marshal summoned the same twenty persons to appear in each case. The jury appeared at the time named, and the list of names was submitted by the marshal to the respective attorneys that…