Seaboard Air-Line Railway Co. v. Jolly

One of the questions certified by the Court of Appeals in this case is as follows: “Where a case was pending in the city court of Decatur, and returnable to the May term thereof, at which term general and special demurrers to the petition were filed; and where the attorney for the defendant resided in a county different from the one in which the case was pending and had written to the clerk of the court to know if the calendar had been made for the trial of cases for the July term, and was informed by the clerk that his case had been assigned for trial on Thursday, July 19, but no notice was…