Little Rock Traction & Electric Co. v. Hicks

Judgment was rendered jointly against the Little Rock Traction & Electric Company and the Little Rock Railway & Electric Company. The same attorneys represented the two defendant corporations, and one of the attorneys applied to the clerk of this court for an appeal. He inadvertently signed the name of only one of the defendants, and wrote the prayer of the appeal as follows: “Comes the defendant, and prays an appeal from the judgment rendered herein.” The clerk discovered that there were two defendants, and called the attorney’s attention to it, and the attorney or the clerk then and in the…