Fidelity & Deposit Co. v. West Chicago St. Ry. Co.

This was an appeal from a judgment in an action of debt on a penal bond against appellants, the Fidelity & Deposit Company, of Maryland, and Moses Salomon. The damages were assessed at the sum of $547. The judgment was rendered January 17, 1901, at the January term of the trial court, and January 26, 1901, at the same term, the appeal was prayed and allowed. The bill of exceptions does not purport to show anything that occurred on the hearing of the cause, nor does it contain any evidence, or refer to any of the proceedings in court anterior to the judgment. We are, therefore, limited to the…