W. E. Roche Fruit Co. v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.

This matter comes before us on a bill of exceptions presenting but one question, which the appellant states as follows:

“Is it a substantial compliance with Section 96 of the Code in the selection of a jury list for the Judge to place on that list the names of women who had solicited jury service by signing a coupon published in the newspaper, addressed to the Clerk of the Court, or who had personally called at the Clerk’s office and asked to be placed on the jury list, practically all of the women on the panel composing 50% thereof being of that category?”

When the matter was called for trial…