State v. Geddis
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Jasper District Court. This action is brought to recover for breaches of a certain bond made by the defendants in words and figures as follows: “State oe Iowa, Jasper County, ss: “An order having been made on the 14th day of June, 1874, by E. W. Mitchell, justice of the peace of said county, that O. S. Geddis be held to give security to keep the peace, and especially toward George Fry, Mary Fry, and Delia Fry, in the sum of five hundred dollars: Now, therefore,…
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Appeal from Jasper District Court. This action is brought to recover for breaches of a certain bond made by the defendants in words and figures as follows: “State oe Iowa, Jasper County, ss: “An order having been made on the 14th day of June, 1874, by E. W. Mitchell, justice of the peace of said county, that O. S. Geddis be held to give security to keep the peace, and especially toward George Fry, Mary Fry, and Delia Fry, in the sum of five hundred dollars: Now, therefore, we, C. S. Geddis as principal, and S. G. Geddis as surety, do undertake that said C. S. Geddis shall be and appear before…
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, Cu. J.
i. pbactior: coutimumce: evidence. I. Upon the cause being called for trial in the court below, the defendant made an applica,,. ,, , „ , , tion lor a continuance on the ground of the absence of certain witnesses. The counsel for the State admitted that if the witnesses name'd in the application were present in court they would testify as stated therein, whereupon the court overruled the application and the trial proceeded. The defendant in support of the averments of his answer offered to read the affidavits for continuance as the testimony of the *268witnesses named therein. On…
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