Smith v. Chapman

This was a suit by attachment against the defendant Dyer, originally brought before a justice of the peace. Judgment was rendered against the defendant Chapman, as garnishee, and he appealed to the circuit court. The transcript filed by the justice in the office of the clerk of the circuit court, in pursuance of the appeal, failed to show that any judgment had ever been rendered by the justice against the defendant Dyer, or that said defendant had ever been duly notified of the proceedings against him. An amended transcript was subsequently filed in the circuit court, from which it appeared…