Wilson v. Judge of the Co. Court

It is contended that the recognizance, by which the plaintiff in error was bound to appear before the County Court, is defective, and therefore the court had no jurisdiction to try the cause. It is not necessary to enquire whether the recognizance would have been held good, if a motion had been made to quash it before proceeding to trial on the merits, or whether the judgment by default could have been sustained upon it, had the party failed to appear. But as he did appear and made no objection to the regularity of the proceedings, it is now too late to object to any matter of form after a…