Deno v. Standard Furniture Co.

When the law and the precedents conflict, the courts should follow the law. Where the law and the precedents are in harmony each with the other, surely, along such a well-defined road the court should have no difficulty in proceeding.

Section 4, chapter 61, Laws 1893, p. 120, Rem. Rev. Stat., §1719 [P. C. § 7293], provides that an appeal may be taken by giving notice in open court at the time the judgment or order, from which the appeal is taken, is rendered or made; or by serving written notice on the prevailing party or his attorney within the time elsewhere (Rem. Rev. Stat., § 1718 [P. C.…