Johnson v. Bell

This was a suit brought by the appellee against the appellant on a promissory note, before a justice of the peace, and appealed to the Common Pleas. In the Common Pleas the cause was submitted to the Court for trial on the 8th day of the October term, 1855. On the 9th day of the same term, there was a finding by the Court for the plaintiff below. Motion for a new trial made and overruled; no exception noted; and judgment on the finding for 34 dollars, 71 cents.

Afterwards, on the 11th day of said term, the appellant filed his bill of exceptions, setting out the evidence, and stating that, “to…