Rights of parties to have assessors, and manner of selecting them.
Section 154
SEC. 154. Rights of parties to have assessors, and manner of selecting them. — Either party to an action may apply in writing to the judge for assessors to sit in the trial. Upon the filing of such application, the judge shall direct that assessors be provided, and that the parties forthwith appear before him for the selection of the assessors. The assessors shall be selected from the list provided for in the preceding section, and shall be selected in the following manner, in the presence of the judge or clerk: The plaintiff shall strike out from the list one name; then the defendant may strike out one name, and so, alternately, the parties shall strike out the names until but two remain on the list. The remaining two shall be the assessors to sit in the action; but if one or more of the two remaining are disqualified by law to sit as assessors, then the judge or clerk shall draw one name or more, as the case may be, by lot, from those stricken out, and the person or persons thus drawn shall act as assessors, unless disqualified by law, in which case the vacancy shall be filled by lot, as above provided.