Hammett v. Hatton

On. August 4, 1913, plaintiff brought suit against defendant before a justice of the peace of Randolph county upon a judgment alleged .to have been rendered against defendant and in favor of plaintiff by another justice of the peace in that county on November 16, 1894. Summons was duly issued and served on defendant who failed to appear and judgment was rendered against him on the return day of the summons. The judgment recited:

“The justice finds from the docket of A. H. Beschor, a former justice of the peace of Randolph county, Missouri, that plaintiff obtained a judgment against the…