Gruner v. Moore

The petitioner Gruner was defendant in an action wherein one Neustadt et al. were plaintiffs, in the county court of Las Animas county, of which court the respondent Moore was judge. Upon trial a money judgment was rendered against Gruner. Both Gruner and his attorney were absent at the time of the trial. The 'attorney was present in court up to the hour of the-trial, and sought to obtain a continuance, which was denied. He then left the court to attend a trial before a. justice of the peace, being notified by the court, as ho was leaving, that the trial would immediately proceed, and was…