Holmes v. Eason
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM HENDERSON. Appeal in error from the Circuit Court of Henderson county. T. P. Bateman, J.
1Opinion of the CourtCooper, J.
Certiorari to supersede and quash a justice’s execution, upon the ground that the judgment was void because rendered by a justice related to one of the parties, the judgment creditor, within the prohibited ■degrees. The circuit judge dismissed the petition on motion, and the plaintiff appealed.
The judgment was rendered, October 12, 1877, by default, the defendant failing, as he states in his petition, to appear and defend. The petition was filed January 5, 1882. It does not state that the petitioner had any defense to the cause of action, or that *755the recovery was in any- respect unjust. It…
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