Pierce v. Pierce
Tennessee Supreme Court
EROM CAMPBELL. The defendant in error appealed from the judgment of a justice of the peace of Campbell county, to the January Term, 1856, of the Circuit Court of said county. At the following May Term, the papers were filed; and, upon motion, Judge Alexander dismissed the appeal, from which judgment an appeal in error is prosecuted to this Court.
1Opinion of the CourtHarris, J.
The defendant in error recovered a judgment before a justice of the peace for Campbell county, on the 22d of September, 1855. The defendant below appealed to the January Term of the Circuit Court for said county, and entered into bond and security for the prosecution of said appeal.
The papers were not transmitted to the Clerk of the Circuit Court at the January Term, as required by law; but, on the 5th day of May, 1856, during the May Term of the Circuit Court, the papers were filed by the justice with the clerk, and thereupon, on motion of the plaintiff, the appeal was dismissed, upon the…
2Cited by1 opinion
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