Union Bank v. Robert

The defendant is appellant from a judgment, rendered against him by default, and regularly confirmed in due course of law. The suit had been brought on a note drawn to his order by L. A. Robert, and held by the plaintiffs. A motion for a new trial was made below, and, in support of it, the defendant made oath, that shortly after the institution of this suit he *178employed Wm. M. Stafford, Esq., to defend it; that, in the absence of his attorney, the case was taken up and tried, and that until the cause was up for trial, the affiant was not aware that his counsel had not made, or prepared a…