Cooledge v. McArdle

This suit was commenced by the Southern Finance Company, a partnership composed of A. H. Cooledge and H. M. Maueh, against Frank McArdle in the municipal court of Birmingham. That court rendered judgment in favor of the plaintiff, and it was brought by writ of certiorari and supersedeas bond from said municipal court to the circuit court. The cause was tried de novo in the circuit court by the court without a jury, and judgment was rendered in favor of the defendant, from which judgment the plaintiffs prosecute this appeal.

The plaintiffs insist the court erred in trying this cause because…