Norman v. Hooker

Norman sued Hooker and Harrison upon a promissory note. They answered; two days afterward judgment by default was given against them. At the next term Hooker *367moved the court to set aside the judgment, because it was irregularly entered whilst the answer was undisposed of. At this term there was a new judge on the bench who had been of counsel in the case, and the bill of exceptions shows that the motion was overruled on the ground that the judge had been of counsel in the case. An entry made by the clerk on the record, shows that for the same reason the court refused to entertain the motion.…