Reece v. Montano

MABRY, Justice.

Suit in forcible entry and detainer was begun in a justice of the peace court of San Miguel county, judgment was rendered for plaintiff-appellee and thereafter, upon appeal being taken and the cause being docketed before the first day of the following term of district court, and upon five days notice, judgment was rendered for plaintiff-appellee in a trial without jury and over the protest of defendant-appellant. The protest was in the form of a motion to the effect that the district court was without jurisdiction to set down for trial and hear the cause so docketed by appellee…