City of Virginia v. Hall

The record in this case fails to show, except inferentially, upon what cause of action the plaintiff below sought to recover judgment, and, as the presumptions are in favor of the correctness of the judgment of a common law court of general jurisdiction, unless the contrary appears affirmatively,-the judgment of the court below must be affirmed for this reason, if for no other.

We gather, however, from the transcript, that this probably was an appeal from a justice of the peace in a proceeding instituted to recover a personal judgment against defendant in error for the cost of a sidewalk…