Ringgold v. Graham

Plaintiff in error dispossessed defendants in error of certain premises under a judgment rendered in a forcible detain-er case in the justice court of Foard county. The day following such dispossession they attempted to appeal from the judgment to the county court, by filing with the justice of the peace a bond signed by them, but with no sureties. Such bond was approved by the justice of the peace, who attached thereto a certificate reciting the receipt by him of $150 “as appeal bond.”

Upon a trial in the county court, defendants in error were found not guilty of forcible de-tainer, and…