Steam Laundry Co. v. Thompson

On March 23, 1892, came on to be tried the case of Thompson et al. against Schaffber & Company, creditor’s bill, in which Hon. Marshall J. Clarke, the judge of the circuit, was disqualified; whereupon the deputy-clerk appointed a judge pro hac vice. The case went to trial, having been called out of its regular order on the docket and advanced for trial, at a regular 'bar meeting held on Saturday, March 19, 1892, by Judge' Clarke. There was no appearance or defence by the defendants. Various persons had been made parties plaintiff, among *48them, Arnold, Constable & Co., Park & Tilford, F. H.…