730.251 Terms for trial of jury cases; adoption of law. Sec. 1. Any city may by charter or ordinance establish terms for the trial of jury cases in the justice court of such city, and may provide that jury cases may be set for trial upon 1 or more certain days of each month or […]
730.252 Board of jury commissioners; members. Sec. 2. A board of jury commissioners is hereby created for each city adopting the provisions hereof, which shall consist of the city treasurer, the city clerk and the city assessor, or if more than 1 city assessor then such one as shall be designated by a majority of […]
730.253 Jury lists; duty of commissioners; qualification and term of jurors. Sec. 3. The said board shall within 15 days after the adoption of this act in any city and during the month of November of every year thereafter, make and file with the clerk of the justice court a list of persons to serve […]
730.254 Jury lists; qualifications of persons chosen. Sec. 4. The said board in making such selection shall file the names of such only as are not exempt from serving on juries, who are in possession of their natural faculties, not infirm or decrepit, of good character, of approved integrity, of sound judgment, and well informed […]
730.255 Jury lists; persons not to be chosen. Sec. 5. In making such selection said board shall avoid, as far as practicable, selecting any of the persons who were actually drawn and who served as jurors on any regular justice court panel during the preceding year. History: 1929, Act 288, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929 ;– […]
730.256 Jury lists; duplicates, filing; duty of clerk of justice court. Sec. 6. Such list of jurors shall be made in duplicate and 1 copy filed in the office of the city clerk and the other copy filed in the office of the clerk of the justice court. Upon receiving and filing such list, the […]
730.257 Jurors; term of service. Sec. 7. The persons whose names shall be returned as jurors shall serve as jurors for 1 year and until other lists shall be returned and filed. History: 1929, Act 288, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929 ;– CL 1929, 16503 ;– CL 1948, 730.257
730.258 Drawing of jurors; time, number. Sec. 8. At least 10 days and not more than 20 days before the holding of any term for the trial of jury cases in the justice court in any such city, the clerk of the justice court shall draw the names of 10 persons and any additional number […]
730.259 Drawing of jurors; justice and chief of police to be present; adjournment. Sec. 9. Such drawing shall be made in the presence of at least 1 of the justices of the peace and the chief of police, or in the event of his absence or inability to attend, then in the presence of the […]
730.260 Drawing of jurors; procedure, record. Sec. 10. The clerk of the justice court shall conduct such drawing as follows: (a) He shall place in a box prepared for that purpose all of the names contained in the list of jurors returned by the board of jury commissioners, except the names of those persons who […]
730.261 Venire delivered to constable; notice to jurors, return. Sec. 11. The clerk of the justice court shall deliver to 1 of the constables, or in their absence, to a deputy sheriff, a venire containing the names and places of residence of the several jurors and specify for what term of court said jurors were […]
730.262 Exemptions and excuses from jury service. Sec. 12. All persons who are exempt from service on juries in the circuit courts of this state shall be exempt from service on juries in justice courts of cities adopting this act. Likewise all persons who are entitled to be excused from service on juries in circuit […]
730.263 Compensation of jurors and constables. Sec. 13. Each justice court juror shall be entitled to receive $6.00 for each day’s attendance, and $3.00 for each half day’s attendance upon any term of justice court, to be paid out of the city treasury of the city on the certificate or order of the clerk of […]
730.264 Demand for jury trial. Sec. 14. When any cause shall become at issue, any party thereto shall be entitled to a jury trial by filing with the justice of the peace a demand for a jury, and in case said cause be a civil action, by depositing with the clerk of the justice court […]
730.265 Trial of jury cases; discharge of jurors. Sec. 15. At each jury term all jury cases set for trial at said term shall be tried in the order in which they become at issue unless for good cause shown a continuance shall be granted until the next term of court or until a subsequent […]
730.266 Justice may order jury impaneled. Sec. 16. Nothing in this act contained shall prevent any justice of the peace, when no jury is in attendance, in his discretion and in order to avoid hardship, from delay, from ordering a jury impaneled in accordance with the method provided by law to secure a jury in […]
730.267 Drawing of jury; challenges. Sec. 17. As the cases shall be called for trial during each jury term, each jury shall consist of 6 persons and shall be drawn from the list of jurors impaneled for the term in the manner provided by the general laws of the state for drawing juries in the […]
730.268 Failure to attend and continue in attendance as juror; penalty. Sec. 18. Any person who shall fail to attend and continue in attendance at the justice court room in the city as a juror for the term for which he or she shall have been selected and duly summoned, as herein provided, without the […]
730.269 Presiding justice. Sec. 19. If in any city adopting this act there is more than 1 justice of the peace, such city may by charter or ordinance provide for the selection of a presiding justice by the justices of the peace of such city, and in such case the action of the presiding justice […]
730.270 Instructions to jury. Sec. 20. It shall be the duty of said justices to instruct the jury in all cases as to the law applicable to the case, which instruction shall be received by the jury as the law of such case. Either party may present written requests to charge to the justice, who […]
