Boettcher v. Bock

The question in the present case is, did the court below err in dismissing the appeal on the ground that the judgment before the justice of the peace was, in the language of the statute, “ a judgment confessed ? ” This is the entry of the judgment on the justice’s docket, which must be taken as conclusive evidence of the facts therein recited:

“In justice court, beforeR. C. Hammill, justice of the peace, on change of venue from Francis Rolle, J. P., November 15, 1873. Case continued to November 17, 1873, at 2 o’clock, P. M. November 17, 1873, at time set for trial, case called. Five witnesses…