Brown v. Williams

This suit was commenced by appellant before a justice of the peace to recover damages occasioned by the failure of appellee to deliver a horse which appellant claimed to have purchased of him. Appellee denied there was any contract of sale. The case was tried before a jury and resulted in a verdict for appellee but the justice rendered no judgment on the verdict, the entry of the verdict being the last entry upon his docket. Within 20 days from the date of the trial appellant filed an appeal bond with the justice, who' thereupon transmitted all papers and a transcript of his docket to the…