Glittenberg v. Hughes

OPINION

BREWSTER, Justice.

This case originated in the justice court where a judgment for $200, plus costs, was rendered in favor of the plaintiff, Faye Hughes, and against the defendant, Donald Glittenberg. Glittenberg appealed the case to the County Court. On September 27, 1974, the County Clerk’s office sent a letter to an attorney, Earl Coleman, with a copy of that letter to Mr. Bill Wood, Glitten-berg’s attorney, advising that the case had been set for trial on October 9, 1974, at 10 A.M. On October 9, 1974, at 10 A.M., the County Court, in the absence of defendant and his attorney,…