Bessey v. Ruhland

This was an appeal to the Circuit Court, by the then defendant, now appellant, from a judgment of a justice of the peace, taken by filing the appeal bond with the justice. The appeal was taken December 1, 1882, but the papers were not filed in the Circuit Court until September 28,1887. May 7, 1888, on a first or preliminary cal], on motion of the appellee, and without any appearance in the case by the appellant, the appeal was dismissed, and costs and damages adjudged against the appellant. At the same term he moved the court to set aside the judgment and reinstate the case, which motion,…