The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1870-07-01
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CHAPTER 1877.
AN ACT to Amend the Code O.
! .q Civil Practice.
Section l. Be it enacted byth,
General Assembly of the State O.
Iowa, That sections 27OS, 2724
1928, 2729, $3.50, 27S2, 273S, 274l
2746, 277l, 2776, 2sOs, 2sO5, 2s24
2s4s, 2s56, 2907, 3O07, $3.50, 1922
1925, 1927. 3272, 1905, s3OS, 332s
s6O2, 3603, anu 4O66 Of the Revi
sion of 1850, as now constituted
be and the same are hereby repeal.
ed, and there are enacted III lieu of
and rs such sections the following
| Sec. 2. (Sec. 270s.) An attorney y
has a lien for a general balance OF
compensation upon any papers of
his client, which have come into
his possession in the course of his
professional employment; upon
money in his hands belonging to
his client, and upon money due to
his client and in the hands of the
adverse party or his attorney in Ian |
action or proceeding in which the
attorney was employed, from the
time Of giving notice of the lien to
that party, which after judgment
may be by entering in the margin
of the judgment record, q memoran-
dun Of the claim and amount due,
signed by the attorney and attested
by the clerk Of the court.
| See. 8. (Sec. 2724.) Should there
be less than that number Of such
persons in any county, the list shall
comprise all those who answer the
above description; and in counties
containing a population of over
twenty thousand inhabitants. the
list ofpetit jurors shall consist of
two hundred and fifty persons.
Sec. 4. (Sec. 272s.) The Auditor
shall thereupon file said lists in his
office, and cause copy thereof to
be recorded in the election book.
Sec. 5. (Sec. 272o.) Grand jurors
shall be selected for the first term
in the year ct which said jurors are
required, commencing next after
the first day Of January in each
year, and shall serve for one year.
Petit jurors shall be selected for
each term wherein they arc requir-
ed, but no person shall he required
to attend as petit jurors more than
two terms of courtin the same year.
And in counties containing a popu-
lation of more than FIVE thousand
inha habitants, it shall be cause for
challenge, that the person has
already served two terms as juror
during that year.
Sec. 6. (Sec. 27so.) At least
twenty days previous to the first
day of any term, at which a jury Of
either kind is to be selected, the
clerk must write out the names on
the lists aforesaid, which have not
been previously drawn as jurors
during that year, on separate bal
lots, and the county auditor and
sheriff ffhaying compared said ballots
with the jury lists and restified the
same, If necessary, shall place the
ballots in box to be provided for
that purpose.
Sec. 7. (Sec. 27a2.) When grand
jurors are to be selected, their
number must be fifteen and they
shah serve for one en.ire year there
after; the number Of petit jurors
shall be fifteen unless the judge of
the district Or circuit court shall,
for the court over which he presides
in writing, direct the county aud
'tor to select greater number, in
which case such greater number
shall be selected, and separate lists
shall be made for the district and
circuit courts. !,
Sec. 8. (Sec. 27ss.) Within three
days after such drawing, the clerk
must issue a prccept to the sheriff,
commanding him to summon the
said jurors to appear before the
court for which they were selected,
|at eleven o'clock, A. NJ, Of the first
day Of the next term thereof (nam-
ling the month and day., unless the
liz ge of the court has previously
directed a different hour or day for
their appearance in which case such
direction must be observed.
Sec. 9. (Sec. 274l.) In actions
for relief on the ground Of fraud,
and in actions for trcspass to pro-
lperty, the cause Of action shall not
be deemed to have accrued until
the fraud or trespass complained of
shall have been discovered by the
party aggrieved. Z.
Sec. 10. (Sec. 2746.) B"t when
q cause of action has been fully
barred by the laws Of any country
where the defendant has previous.
ly resided, such bar shall be the
same defense here as though it had
arisen under the provisions OF this
chapter; but this section shall not
apply to causes Of action arising
within this State.
Sec. II. (Sec. 2771.) A married
woman may in all cases sue and be
sued without joining her husband
with her, except in cases where the
cause Of action exists in favor Of OF
against both.