Kersey v. Barfield

The first headnote of this case is self-explanatory.

Plaintiff in error brought suit in a justice’s court upon an open account duly verified, the case being returnable to the February, 1931, term of said court. "Upon the call of the case the attorney for the plaintiff announced ready. The justice of the peace stated that the defendant had written him a note stating that she was sick and asking that the case be continued. The attorney for the plaintiff asked for a default judgment upon the ground that no defense had been filed. The justice of the peace overruled the motion and continued the…