People ex rel. Rumsey v. Emigh

The proceeding out of which the question arises in this case, was an application by the county collector for judgment for the taxes for 1871. The county court having rendered a judgment therefor, an appeal was prosecuted to the circuit court, and an appeal bond filed therein. On the 15th of May, 1874, the appeal was dismissed for- want of prosecution, at defendant’s • costs. He subsequently procured the order to be set aside, and the cause reinstated on the docket. The appeal was again dismissed, for the same cause, at the May term, 1877, and by stipulation the order was set aside and the…