Johnson v. Riggs

This cause was brought here by appeal under the provisions of section 2253, Revised Statutes. The respondent has also filed a like certificate of the clerk, accompanied with a motion to affirm the judgment. It appears from said certificate that the final judgment was given at the February term, 1893, of the circuit court, and that an appeal was granted the defendant at the same time. It further appears from the indorsement of the clerk on appellant’s certificate that the same was not filed here until the twenty-ninth day of August, 1896, or not until the lapse of more than three years after…