Covart v. Haskins

Opinion by

Holt, C.:

On July 12,1886, William Covart, as plaintiff, filed his bill of particulars in a justice’s court, claiming of the defendants the amount of $228.36. Summons was issued, and the defendants were personally served, and on the 19th day of July all parties appeared in court in person and by their attorneys, when a continuance was had for fifteen days. On the 26th, the defendants filed their set-off by H. A. White, their attorney. At the time set for trial, on the 3d of August, defendants’ attorney, White, appeared specially and asked for a continuance on account of the absence…