Greenough v. Rannel

This comedy of errors originated in an attempted appeal from a justice’s court. The plaintiff got judgment, whereupon defendant’s counsel immediately filed with the justice of the peace a purported notice of appeal. Whether a copy of *579this ever was served upon plaintiff or his attorney does not appear, but that makes little difference here, for the paper filed with the justice called “notice of appeal” was without any validity; it was void.

The case appearing upon the docket of the district court was set down for trial on June 21, 1921. Upon that day counsel for the respective parties were in…