Pierce v. Hamilton

Chiee Justice Musser

delivered the opinion of the court:

This writ of error is directed to a judgment of the district court, rendered in a certiorari proceeding, wherein the court denied a motion to quash the writ and ordered the county court of Rio Grande County to set aside a judgment theretofore rendered by it and allow a defense to be made in the action.

The record of the county court is set out in the petition for the writ of certiorari, and from this it appeared that the plaintiff filed a complaint in the county court upon two promissory notes, dated August 8, 1910, and payable on January…