Hurst v. Gulf States Creosoting Co.

By consent of the attorneys representing the respective parties in this cause, a judgment was entered in vacation in favor of appellee. Appellants made a motion to set aside the judgment on the ground that their attorneys had no authority to consent to the judgment, and that the court had no authority to enter the judgment in vacation. The motion was heard on affidavits and. oral testimony, resulting in a judgment overruling appellants’ motion. From that judgment, the appellants prosecute this appeal.

On March 15, 1930, appellants Clyde J. Hurst and wife, and about thirty others, filed their…