Goldsborough v. Bolenbaugh

The action in this case was commenced before a justice of the peace, to recover under the provisions of Rev. Stats. § 7014.

Upon the trial before the justice of the peace, the defendant did not appear, and judgment was rendered in favor of plaintiff for the full amount of his claim.

Within the time prescribed by law, the defendant put in an appeal bond, and duly filed his transcript in the court of common pleas. In that court the plaintiff filed a motion to strike the transcript and papers from the files, and dismiss the appeal on the ground that the same was taken without *584any authority of law…