Hoffman v. Gould

Charles Hoffman recovered a judgment of $118.38 and costs in the justice’s court of Grand Bapids against Charles N. Gould, doing business as C. Gould & Son and the American Pearl Button Company, an Iowa corporation. Defendants appealed to the circuit court where on February 25, 1935, a judgment of $83.90 and costs was rendered against the defendants. A 20-day stay was ordered. On March 15, 1935, the time to settle the bill of exceptions was extended 60 days, but the journal entry contained no further stay of proceedings although the calendar entry indicates such a stay. No stay bond was…