Burns v. Howard

This cause originated before a justice of the peace and is founded on a witness certificate, issued to tbe appellee by the clerk of the Circuit Court of Dallas county, for the sum of five dollars and twenty cents. The justice rendered;, judgment in favor of the appellee, from which the defendants, now appellants, appealed to the Circuit Court. Failing to appear and prosecute their appeal, a judgment by default was rendered against them ; tbe judgment of the justice was affirmed and a procedendo awarded to the justice. The only error now assigned, is the judgment of the Circuit Court; and in…