Kroenert v. Sawyer

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

The question presented for decision in this proceeding is: Can a judgment rendered by a justice of the peace in an action in which there was a recovery of money be reviewed in the district court upon a petition in error? No appeal was taken from his decision, as the code provides, either by giving a bond finder sections 568 of the civil code and 121 of the justices civil code or under section 571 of the civil code, as in appeals to the supreme court, but the appellant went through the form of saving a bill of exceptions which, with a…