Bates v. Phœnix Publishing Co.

Ragan, C.

The Phoenix Publishing Company recovered a judgment against C. E. Bates before a justice of the peace of Douglas county. Bates perfected an appeal to the district court. Thereupon the publishing company moved to dismiss the appeal, on the grounds “that this action is one that is not subject to appeal under the statutes, for the reason that the same is a civil action *80for money and was tried in a justice court before a jury, and the amount claimed was less than twenty dollars.” The district court sustained this motion and entered an order dismissing the appeal, to review which Bates…