Downing v. Lashot

This is a suit on a bond given by defendant, Eva LaSbot, on appeal from a judgment in a justice of the peace court in an unlawful detainer case. Below, a trial, before the court without a jury, resulted in a judgment in favor of plaintiff and against the sureties on the appeal bond. Being unsuccessful in a motion for a new trial the defendant sureties bring the cause to this court by writ of error.

Plaintiff below is defendant in error here, defendants below are plaintiffs in error here, but for convenience parties will be referred to as originally styled. The original cause which gave rise to…