Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 31.djvu/537

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FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. sms. 1. os. 780. 1000. 485 plaintiff or the defendant, setting forth therein fO1‘ what amount, or what relief, or to what eH`ect the same is given. _ Sec. 974. When a jury has been demanded lily a party to an action jufyrder *0 ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ in a justice’s court, the djustice must make an or er in writing, directed ' to the marshal or any eputy, or to any person authorized to act as a constable therein, commanding him to summon six persons to serve as 'urors in the actionbetween the arties, namin them, at a time and p ac o n in. _ _ _ J1 et be amedthere' P g Sec. 975. The order shall require the jurors to appear before the ,uf"0};{*0 atlypmjéquira justice forthwith, or at some time after it to which the trial of the ' issue may be stponed. Sec. 976. 'lilih omcer serving the order for a jury must do so impar- e%l<;S¤r tgafigrjrjuqg tially, by selecting only such persons as he knows or has good reason serve. q to believe are qua iiied according to law to serve as jurors in the court to which the are summoned and in the articular action for which th 1 yt d P ey are se ec e . - Sec. 977. The officer must serve the order by giving notice to each m<_§g;=rf¤r jury. Mw of the persons selected of the time and place he is required to appear, ` and for what purpose, and return the same according to the direction thergn, with the names of the persons summoned, verified by his own cert' cate. » Sec. 978. If a sufficient number of jurors do not appear at the time p§;£°i°°°>’·h°‘*' ¤“P· and place required, or if any of those appearing are peremptorily · challenged, or upon a challenge for cause found disqualified, the justice must order the proper officer to summon a sufficient number of other qualified persons, until the jury is completed. Sec. 979. Each party IS entitled to two peremptory challenges and m§‘y"f,’{,*;§fe$,f,§,f”mV no more. Sec. 980. A person competent to act as a juror in a justice’s court . Q¤¤lm<=¤*i<2¤¤ qi must possess the qualihcations prescribed by this code for jurors in ESE? in lumen the district court, and must also be an inhabitant of the precinct in which the court is holden at the time he is summoned. ·CHA1>*rm2 NINETY-SIX. or JUDGMENT AND EXECUTION IN JUs*rrcr·:’s courrr. Sec. Sec. 981. Docketing judgment in district 989. Executionto pnforcejudgment when urt.t . ·t .

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. tt'n o mutua 'u nt. w m s . 984. Coniiigjpns of judgmegtngropo ed as 991. Filing; tryilnrgcript in another pret- . cinc . · lllgsliegotranscript qtajas exeplution. St 992. Trpnscrlipt of judgment, how en- .ts u a,'us'ce mu · orce. sh`:.-gfilfcn m u 1 993. Execution, renewal of. 987. Judgment for difference. 994. Justice may enforce judgment given 988. Judgment does not affect title to by his predecessor. real property. Sec. 981. Whenever a judgment is given in a justice’s court in favor ,g>gg;g£;¤ggj,¤Qtgm¤¤* of anyone, for the sum of ten dollars or more, exclusive of costs or ` disbursements, the party in whose favor such judgment is given may, within one year thereafter, iile a certiied transcript thereof with the clerk of the district court, and thereupon such clerk shall immediately docket the same in the judgment docket of the district court. Sec. 982. From theitime of docketing a judgment of a district court, Emi of meas provided in the last section, the same sha] be a lien upon the real property of the defendant, as if it were a judgment of the district court w erein it is docketed. ‘ ‘ Sec. 983. A party against whom a judgment is given in a justice’s . Swing °‘* muml court may, upon three days’ notice to the adverse party, apply to the Judgment