Beasley v. Pashea

Mr. Presiding Justice Barry

delivered the opinion of the court.

Appellee recovered a judgment before a justice of the peace on November 13, 1929. Appellants filed their appeal bond with the clerk of the circuit court on December 2, 1929, and the same was approved. A supersedeas was issued and served upon the justice of the peace. No summons was issued or served upon appellee and she never entered her appearance in the circuit court. On March 17, 1931, at the March term of the circuit court, which was the sixth term of the court after the filing of the appeal bond, the court of its own motion…