Legal Opinion

Hewitt v. Gage

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided July 11, 1888PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Mandamus. Relator applies for mandamus to vacate an order sustaming a challenge to tbe array, and discharging the-jury, etc. The facts are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtSherwood, C. J.

The relator lives in the county of Saginaw, and is plaintiff in a cause in the circuit court for that county, wherein the Flint & Pere Marquette-Railroad Company is defendant. The cause came on for trial at the May term, 1888, and a jury was summoned for that purpose. The defendant thereupon challenged the array of the panel upon the following grounds, as stated by its counsel:

“1. That the persons selected to serve as petit jurors in the year 1887, and from which the jurors of the May term, 1888, of this court were drawn in part, from the 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th wards of the…

2Cited by11 opinions

  1. People v. PickettMichigan Supreme Court · 1954
  2. Zanone v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1896
  3. People v. FuhrmannMichigan Supreme Court · 1895
  4. United States v. MurphyDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 1915
  5. People v. MacGregorMichigan Supreme Court · 1914

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