Hoffman Bros. Piano Co. v. Morris

This appeal is from a judgment of the circuit court affirming on motion the judgment rendered by a justice of the peace where the suit originated. The suit is in replevin for a piano and the defendant won in the justice court. The plaintiff appealed to the circuit court but not on the day' on which the justice rendered his judgment. This necessitated that plaintiff give notice of appeal as provided by section 7582, Revised Statutes 1909. The circuit court .sustained defendant’s motion to affirm the judgment, .alleging that plaintiff had failed to give a proper notice of the appeal before the…