Green v. Maddox

George Rose Smith, Justice.

This is an action brought by the appellee to collect a debt of $6,150 assertedly owed to him by the appellant. The attorney originally employed by the defendant Green filed a demurrer to the complaint, bnt when the demurrer was overruled that attorney failed to file an answer within the time allowed or to appear in court on the day the case was set for trial. Green’s present counsel were engaged at the eleventh hour, but in the presentation of their client’s case they were evidently and understandably handicapped by want of sufficient time to prepare for trial. The…