Long v. Dismer

Long obtained a judgment against defendants in the Phelps circuit court, from which they prosecuted an appeal to this court. See 71 Mo. 452. The circuit court made an order allowing said defendants to file their appeal bond in vacation, which was done. Long, pending the appeal here, had an execution issued on the judgment, which defendants moved the circuit court to quash, on the ground that the allowance of the appeal and the execution of the bond operated to stay the execution.

The 12th section of the act regulating practice in civil cases, (Wag. Stat., 1059,) expressly provides, that no…