Heflin v. Owens
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from the Dallas Circuit. Court. This case was determined in the Dallas Circuit Court, in March, 1849, before the lion. Josiaii Gould, Judge. The facts of the case ¿appear in the opinion of this Court. contended that the Court below could not dismiss for want of jurisdiction, until after the justice had amended the record under the rule granted by the Circuit Court, (Dig., Title “Justice of the Peace,” Sec. 183.)
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Johnson
The justice before whom this cause was originally tried certified, in his transcript of the proceedings, that a note was filed in his office, on the 20th January, 1849, against C. D. Heflin and in favor of M. G. Owens; that a summons was issued and put into the hands of the constable, and which was made returnable on the 10th January, 1849, and that the $ame was duly returned. It is further recited, that, on the second Saturday in February, 1849, the day on which the trial was had, the plaintiff appeared, but that the defendant made default, and that a judgment was rendered against him. It is…
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