Gurske v. Britt

This is a suit in equity to cancel a judgment in favor of Charles W. Britt for attorney’s fees amounting to $180 and against Edward Gurslce, his client. The judgment was rendered in Douglas county, June 8, 1903, by William Alstadt, a justice of the peace. The district court after a trial dismissed plaintiff’s petition to cancel the judgment, and he appeals to this court.

Under issues properly raised by the pleadings plaintiff urges three reasons for canceling the judgment in controversy, They are as follows: (1) The justice of the peace had no jurisdiction. (2) By fraud the justice of the…