Williams v. Smith

Tlie plaintiff brought suit in a justice’s court on two notes and three separate suits on one note each, all of which notes arose out of the same transaction between the parties. The defendant filed one plea and answer to all suits. The suit on the two notes was tried before the justice under an agreement that the decision therein would control the other suits. The justice rendered judgment for the plaintiff in each of the four suits for stated amounts. The defendant filed one appeal from all of the judgments to a jury in the justice’s court. The plaintiff made a motion to dismiss the appeal…