Hardenbrook v. Harrison
Supreme Court of Colorado
Appeal from County Court of Arapahoe County. This action was brought against Frank M. Harden-brook, appellant, before a justice of the peace, to collect a claim for dress material and dress-making services furnished to Mrs. Frank Hardenbrook. Judgment was rendered for appellee, Harrison, by the justice, and an appeal taken by the present appellant to the county court. There the cause was retried without a jury, and judgment again rendered in favor of the plaintiff below.
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Appeal from County Court of Arapahoe County. This action was brought against Frank M. Harden-brook, appellant, before a justice of the peace, to collect a claim for dress material and dress-making services furnished to Mrs. Frank Hardenbrook. Judgment was rendered for appellee, Harrison, by the justice, and an appeal taken by the present appellant to the county court. There the cause was retried without a jury, and judgment again rendered in favor of the plaintiff below. To review that judgment the present appeal was taken. Section 1932, General Statutes, reads as follows: “Suit shall be…
1Opinion of the CourtHelm, J.
The record before us does not affirmatively show that defendant resided, or the cause of action accrued, or the claim sued for was payable, in the township (precinct) of the justice before whom suit was orig. inally brought. A reversal of the judgment is urged upon this ground, under section 1932, General Statutes. It is doubtful if any of the assignments of error are broad enough to cover this question of jurisdiction; but if so, the objection must be overruled. The point was not made before the justice of the peace, and while de *11fendant did not appear in that court at the time of trial, he…
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