Perry v. Wright
Supreme Court of Vermont
Petition for leave to enter an appeal from the judgment of a justice under Y. S. 1667. Heard at the September Term, 1897, Essex County, Thompson, J., presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtRoss, C.J.
The petitioner, in due form, took an appeal to the county court from the judgment rendered against him by a justice of the peace. ■ Solely through a mistake in regard to the time when he was bound by law to enter his appeal, he failed to enter it at the time required by the statute. The petitioner knew that the law had required him to enter his appeal the first day of the term of the county court, and did not know that the law had been changed. The county court, in its discretion, allowed the petitioner to enter his appeal against the exception of the petitioner. In substance, the petitionee…
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