Bour v. Sherman

In this case the principal ground of plaintiff in error for seeking reversal of the judgment below is that the trial judge erred in denying defendant’s motion for a continuance of the trial.

The record shows that the plaintiff had announced ready and that the motion was not presented to the court until the actual beginning of the trial nor until after a jury panel was in the box being examined as to their qualifications. It is further shown that at the time of trial the court had already been in session for nearly two weeks, and that this particlar case had been docketed ten days before the…