Mitchell v. Gregory

On the 8th day of March, 1884, in a certain action theretofore pending in the Superior Court of Tippecanoe ■county, the defendants recovered judgment against the plaintiffs for costs of suit, and the plaintiffs prayed an appeal to *364this court, which was granted, and thirty days were given within which to file an appeal bond, with penalty fixed and surety named and approved by the court.

The appellant, William C. Mitchell, was at the time, and still continues to be, the clerk of the court in which the judgment was rendered. After the close of the term, and before an appeal bond was filed, that…