Vallindingham v. Scott

This action was brought in the district court of Richardson county to recover the possession of three mules. *188The property not being taken on the writ, the action proceeded as one for damages, and on the trial of the cause a verdict was rendered in favor of the defendant in error for the sum of $305. A motion for a new trial having been overruled, judgment was entered on the verdict.

The first error assigned in this court is the order compelling the plaintiff in error to proceed with the trial of the cause in the absence of their attorney. To this assignment there is an affidavit of their…