Strickland v. . Cox

The action was brought by plaintiff for the possession of the land described in the complaint, returnable to August Term, of said court, 1887. At the November Term, 1887, Judge Gilmer granted judgment for plaintiff for possession of the said land, to be stricken out if defendant filed a justified bond in the sum of two hundred dollars within thirty days from the adjournment. That the defendant failed to file in thirty days the justified bond required in the judgment, but within thirty days, and without notice to plaintiff, did file with the clerk an affidavit that affiant was unable to give…