Gardner v. Cade

Plaintiff brought her action in a justice court of Humphreys County for the conversion of two cows, valued therein at $115, and upon summons duly executed, took judgment by default in the amount sued for. The judgment was dated March 11, 1939'. Appeal bond was filed therein dated “the - day of April, 1939.” No action was thereafter taken therein by the justice of the peace, and the record was not transmitted to the circuit court until its August 1940 term. Although there are allegations in the briefs as to the reason for the delay and the circumstances under which the transcript was prepared…