Will J. Block Amusement Co. v. Case

As ground for reversal it is urged that the court had no jurisdiction to proceed with the trial in the absence of a transcript of the proceedings before the justice. The objection is well taken. No transcript appears in the record nor is it claimed that any was ever filed. The statute provides that the justice shall return all the papers “and a transcript of his docket in the case to the clerk of the court to which the appeal is taken, with a certificate under his hand that said transcript and papers contain a full and perfect statement of all the proceedings before him.” R. S., chapter 79,…