Christoff v. Dugan

RICHARDS, J:

The only errors relied on relate to impaneling the jury. The plaintiff contended that the defendants were jointly entitled to only four peremptory challenges of jurors under §11439 GC, which provides that “each party peremptorily may challenge four jurors.” The trial court apparently held that each defendant was entitled to four peremptory challenges and one ■ defendant did, in fact, exercise four such challenges and the other defendant three, and we think proper exceptions were saved to this action by counsel for plaintiff.

The general rule of law is that where the statute…