Carney v. Moore

This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of Lauderdale county, dismissing an appeal to that court *667from a judgment of a justice of the peace. Appellee, N. G. Moore, sued appellant, G. H. Carney, in a court of a justice of the peace of said county to recover eighty dollars which appellee claimed as a balance due him by appellant on open account. There was a trial in that court, which resulted in a judgment in favor of appellee, from which appellant attempted to appeal to the circuit court.

The bond for appeal to the circuit court was not executed by appellee until after the…