Smith v. Myers

Bill in chancery; demurrer for want of equity; and the demurrer sustained.

The bill states that the complainant’s intestate brought a suit at law in the Knox Circuit Court .against Myers, on a bond in the penalty of 1,000 dollars, conditioned for the payment of rent at certain stated periods; that the condition of the bond was set out in the declaration, and a breach assigned in the non-payment of 250 dollars,- the rent due for the first half-year; that the defendant failed to 'appear to the suit, and a judgment by default was ordered for 250 dollars ; that by neglect or mistake of the clerk,…