Dille v. Rice

F. E. Bice brought suit before a justice of the peace against Jesse B. Dille and others; Dille appealed to the County Court; the clerk of the County Court placed the case on .the docket, and thereupon appellee made a motion to dismiss the appeal for a failure of appellant to pay §4 docket fee before noon of the first day of the term.

On December 30, 1903, the County Court of Lee County made the following rule of court, relating to the payment of docket fees in cases appealed from justices of the peace:

“All appeal cases shall be docketed by the clerk as received and 'appellant shall pay to the…