N. Wagman & Co. v. Schafer Motor Freight Service, Inc.

On February 14, 1938, counsel for all the parties appeared in Part II of this court for the purpose of selecting a jury. Six prospective jurors were summoned to the jury box. After questioning by counsel, an entire jury was found acceptable. The justice presiding in that part instructed the jurors to return to the general jurors’ room to await the summoning of the case for trial. The case could not be reached for trial that day, and the jurors were excused until the next morning.

The following day, February 15, 1938, the case was assigned to Part VII for trial. A court officer summoned the…