Carson v. Bunn

This was an action to recover damages for breach of an oral contract for a year’s services to commence at a future day. The court below held that the contract was nonenforceable under the statute of frauds, and entered a judgment of dismissal, from which this appeal is prosecuted.

The judgment of dismissal awarded costs against the appellants in the sum of $22, and the appeal bond is in the sum of $200, conditioned both as a cost and as a supersedeas bond. The respondent has moved to dismiss the appeal on the ground that no sufficient appeal bond was filed, and under repeated rulings of this…