Cates v. Akerd

Akerd commenced his action against Cates and Gay, before a justice of the peace. The justice gave judgment against the defendants, and they appealed to the circuit court. In the circuit court, the judgment of the justice was affirmed. The entry is in these words, (the argument of the cause being first stated:) 46It is therefore ordered by the court, that the judgment oí the justice be, and the same is hereby affirmed.”

By the 8th section of the 8th article of the act to es-^^lish justices’ courts, &c., page 370, of the Digest of 1835, the circuit court is directed, in cases of appeals from…