Baker v. Knickerbocker
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Pawnee District Court. Action brought before a justice of the peace by Knickerbocker against Baker and another, upon a promissory note. Judgment for plaintiff, January 26,1880, for $208.08. The defendants, by petition in error, took the case to the district court, and therein, at the June Term, 1880, the ruling of the justice was sustained. The defendants bring the case here. The opinion states the facts.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
VALENTINE, J.:
Knickerbocker brought suit in a justice’s court, and recovered judgment against Baker & Pruett for $208.08, in their absence. Within ten days from the rendition of the judgment, Baker & Pruett, by their attorney, confessed judgment for all costs in said cause, in writing, made . affidavit of full and complete defense to the action, and filed a motion to set aside said judgment under § 114, ch. 81, Comp. Laws of 1879. The justice refused to set aside said judgment. Baker & Pruett then took the case to the district court on error, and there…
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