Lux v. McLeod
Supreme Court of Colorado
Appeal from the County Court of Pitkin County. This is an action upon an appeal bond given on appeal from a justice of the peace to the county court. The appeal was dismissed upon appellant’s failure to pay the docket fee in the county court within twenty days after the approval of the bond, as required by the act of 1887, page 325. The action is brought against fourteen principals in the bond, and the appellant Lux as surety.
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Appeal from the County Court of Pitkin County. This is an action upon an appeal bond given on appeal from a justice of the peace to the county court. The appeal was dismissed upon appellant’s failure to pay the docket fee in the county court within twenty days after the approval of the bond, as required by the act of 1887, page 325. The action is brought against fourteen principals in the bond, and the appellant Lux as surety. The complaint alleges that a judgment was rendered by the justice of the peace in favor of appellee and against the principals in the bond for the sum of $291.20 and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Goddard
Counsel for appellant assign for error the overruling of the *467motion for a continuance, but do not favor us with any argument in support of their contention that such ruling was erroneous; and we are unable to perceive wherein the ruling of the court in denying a continuance upon the ground set forth constitutes such an error as would justify a reversal of the judgment.
The action is brought upon an obligation which, by our statute, is made joint and several. Section 13 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1887, provides:
“ Persons jointly or severally liable upon the same obligation or instrument *…
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