Marshall County v. Critcher

BROWN, Justice.

The appeal to the Court of Appeals was from the judgment of the Circuit Court of Marshall County denying the petitioner’s application for rehearing under the four months statute, Code 1940, Tit. 7, § 279. The judgment sought to be vacated was a judgment by default rendered in the case of J. F. Critcher v. Marshall County, an action for damages against the county for alleged negligence in the maintenance of a bridge on and constituting a public road in said county, as a proximate consequence of which, Critcher’s mule was injured and rendered worthless.

Petitioner’s counsel, in…