Gibson v. Ackermann

Appellant, for the use of Pickier, obtained judgment.in trover by default before a justice of the peace for the alleged value of a certain trunk and contents, for which he had brought suit in replevin against appellees, the officer having failed to find the property.

The judgment was, rendered August 5, 1895, but appellees had no knowledge of that fact until long after the time for appeal had elapsed, and as soon as they learned of the judgment, filed their petition for certiorari in the Circuit Court.

The trial court overruled a motion to quash the writ of certiorari for insufficiency of the…