Countiss v. Lee

Lee sued the Tedfords in a justice of the peace court and recovered judgment there, from which the Tedfords appealed to the circuit court with Beckett and Countiss, sureties on their bond. In the circuit court there was entered what appeared to be an agreed judgment by which the Tedfords and the sureties on their appeal bond were taxed with the costs of the court, which judgment was rendered at the regular March, 1929, term of the court.

After this court had adjourned, and a year later, at the March, 1930, term of the court, a term having intervened, Lee filed his motion in the circuit court…