Laney v. . Hutton

This action ivas brought before a Justice to recover an indebtedness by the defendants to the plaintiffs for work and labor performed at.their request.

The summons -was issued 16 January, 1907, to Caldwell County for Will Wilkerson, who resided therein, and to Catawba County for Hutton and Bourbonnais, returnable 1 February, 1907. It .was served on Hutton and Bourbon-nais 28 January, 1907. They did not appear, and the,Justice gave judgment for the plaintiffs-on 1 February, 1907. Defendants afterwards appealed to the Superior Court. The defendants, Hutton and Bourbonnais, alone appealed to this…