Thompson v. Rice

Gould, Associate Justice.

The defendants in error move to dismiss the writ of error, the principal ground being the alleged laches of the plaintiffs in error in the prosecution of their writ. The judgment was rendered February 5, 1875, and the petition for writ of error, with the necessary cost bond, was filed January 24,1877, nearly two years thereafter.

The citation was issued and served on "March 29, 1877, over two months after the filing of the petition and bond, and less than twenty days before the first day of the assignment embracing Washington county. The result of the delay is, that a…