Jones v. Rice

Rice prosecuted a suit before a justice of the peace in the City and County of Denver, against Edith and William S. Jones. The defendants filed a counterclaim and thereafter, upon trial, judgment was entered in favor of Rice against the defendant Edith Jones alone, from which judgment she prayed an appeal and filed her bond accordingly. In due time the appeal was lodged in the County Court, and sometime thereafter Rice appeared therein, and paid his docket fee, whereupon appellant did likewise. William S. Jones did not appear nor was he served with summons therein. Thereafter, upon motion of…