Gentry v. Missouri ex rel. Butler

BOOTH, Circuit Judge.

This is a writ of error to a judgment rendered in an action against a sheriff on his official bond. The facts leading up to the judgment are substantially as follows: In September, 1910, Jennie M. Butler commenced an action against II. H. Temple in the state circuit court of Jackson county, Mo. The action remained pending until December 3,. 1915, when it was dismissed for want of prosecution. During the same term, on December 7, 1915, a motion was filed to reinstate the ease. The motion was granted on the same day, a,nd an order entered reinstating the case. On October 6,…