Ferguson v. Doxey

Harrison, J.:

The appellee recovered judgment in the Court of Common Pleas of Prairie county, at the April term, 1877, against appellants for the sum of $107. Appellants made no motion for an appeal, and none was granted at the term ; but they filed with the clerk, in vacation, and within thirty days after the judgment was rendered, an affidavit and bond for an appeal, and he transmitted the original papers, with the affidavit and bond and a certified transcript to the clerk of the Circuit Court, as in cases Of appeal.

The Circuit Court, on motion of the plaintiff, dismissed the ■case because…