Bethel & Mt. Aetna Telep. & Teleg. Co. v. Eckert

Shanaman, J.,

Plaintiff sued defendants in assumpsit before a justice of the peace and obtained a judgment on Nov. 12, 1928. The Act of March 20, 1810, § 4, 5 Sm. Laws, 163, provides for an appeal to the common pleas within twenty days after judgment, bail to be entered within that time, and the transcript to be filed with the prothonotary on or before the first' day of the next term after bail entered. If bail is entered on the twentieth day, the appellant may file the transcript on or before the return day next after the expiration of the twenty days: Long v. McCormick, 1 W. N. C. 134. The…