Allison v. Hedges

This was an action on a promissory note, commenced before á justice of the peace, and taken by ap*547peal to the Circuit Court. The parties appeared before the justice, and the cause was continued. The defendant not appearing on the day set for trial, judgment went against him by default. In the Circuit Court, the plaintiff having established his cause of action under the general issue, the .defendant proved that the justice who tried the action was a justice of Wayne township in Allen county, in which township the action was commenced; and that the defendant, at the time of the service of…