Rider v. Bagley

A judgment, in an action of forcible entry and detainer, was obtained by Elisha Bagley against Joseph S. Eider, before a justice of the peace, in St. Clair county, on the eleventh day of March, 1868, and the defendant, on the same day, prayed an appeal to the circuit court, and on the next day, filed an appeal bond, in the penalty of one hundred and fifty dollars, which was approved by the justice of the peace on that day. The Circuit Court of St. Clair county commenced its session on the sixteenth day of March, and continued in session until the first day of April.

On the 26th day of March,…