Jewell v. Martin

There was pending in Dawson superior court a certain case in which J. E. Martin wa¡? plaintiff and C. S. Jewell, W. J. Taylor, and J. E. Murphy were defendants. At the February term, 1903, of that court a verdict and decree in favor of the plaintiff were rendered. Subsequently 0. S. Jewell presented *326to the court a motion to set aside 'this verdict and decree and to reinstate the case, upon the ground that his sole counsel was absent from the court by express leave of the court, granted for providential cause; for the reason that the judgment was void, in that it was hot authorized by the…