Crenshaw v. Taylor

A judgment was rendered by a justice of the peace against the plaintiff. For the purpose of obtaining a writ of error, there was filed in the office of the clerk of the circuit court a paper or writing, the material portion of which is as' follows:

“ State of Iowa, Ha/rrison County: I, E. Crenshaw, being duly sworn, depose and say * * * Wherefore asks that the clerk * * * issue,” etc.

“ Subscribed and sworn to by E. Crenshaw, in my presence, this twelfth day of April, 1885. W. Morrell, J. P.”

Upon filing said paper the writ was issued. The defendant moved the court to strike it from the files on…