Harralson v. McArthur

Simmons, Justice.

1. At the time the judgment was rendered in this case in the court below, Mr. Stanley, the attorney of Mrs. Harralson, one of the defendants, was absent from the court under a leave granted on account of sickness. This providential cause would have been a sufficient excuse for his absence without any leave from the court. It was known to plaintiff’s counsel that he had been employed in this case, although his name was not marked on the docket. Mrs. Harralson heard the judge announce in open court that no case in which Mr. Stanley was concerned as counsel would be taken up.…