Blain v. Shaffner

Appellee having brought suit against appellants, filed with his declaration an affidavit stating that there was due to him from them the sum of $500; they appeared, filed a plea of the general issue and an affidavit setting forth that they had a good defense upon the merits to a part of the plaintiff’s demand, viz., to the amount of $400. The case stood April 21, 1890, upon the short cause calendar for trial.

The hour for the convening of the court was ten o’clock.

Appellant LaFond appears to have arrived in the room where such calendar was being called, five minutes after ten! the attorney who…