County of Maui v. do Rego

Citations

• 24 Haw. 608

Syllabus

<p>Appeal and Error — joinder of co-parties.</p> <p>Where a judgment or decree is several and the interests represented by each of the co-parties are separate and distinct from and not adverse to. those of the others any party may sue out a writ of error to protect his own interests without joining his co-parties.</p> <p>Juries — challenge to array — trial and determination.</p> <p>If the facts alleged in the challenge to the array of jurors are sufficient, if true, to sustain the challenge, the court proceeds to try the truth of the facts alleged, but if the facts alleged present no legal grounds of objection to the jury they may be summarily overruled.</p> <p>Statutes — mandatory—jury commissioners to he of opposite politics.</p> <p>A statute which provides that jury commissioners, among other qualifications, shall be of opposite politics held to he mandatory and a challenge to an array of jurors drawn by commissioners alleged to belong to the same political party to be sufficient, if true, to invalidate the jury.</p>