Willis v. Lewis

SAMFORD, Judge.

Lewis (appellee here) brought suit in the justice court of Harry T. Collins, against one Tom Bell, claiming a certain mare and foal, here involved, as his property. The above suit was filed about December 15, 1927, and tried by the justice some few days after Christmas, or some time in January, 1928. It appears that in December, 1927, the justice (as he expresses it, sitting in equity) heard the plaintiff’s side and continued the ease to a later date in January when he heard the other side, Lewis in the meantime being absent. The justice on this point testified: “This trial was…