Casement v. Ringgold

By the Court,

Sawyer, J.

When this cause was called for trial in the Court below, plaintiff’s counsel was absent, and defendants’ counsel' insisted upon proceeding with the case. A trial having been had in the absence of the plaintiff, the Court found the facts and rendered judgment in favor of defendants. The Court soon after, on the same day, adjourned for the term. Within a few days, but not till after the adjournment of the term, the plaintiff’s counsel filed affidavits showing, among other things, that the plaintiff was at the time of the trial absent from the State, and that her counsel,…