Biggs v. Memphis Loan & Thrift Company

We shall refer to the parties according to their status in the lower courts. This case originated in the G-eneral Sessions Court of Shelby County. On Wednesday, January 15, 1964 that Court rendered a judgment in favor of the plaintiff, Memphis Loan & Thrift Company, Inc., against the defendant, Joe Biggs, in the amount of $399.28 and costs. On Monday, January 27, 1964 Joe Biggs executed a pauper’s oath in lieu of appeal bond which recited in part, “I am not able to bear the expense of an appeal from the judgment of the Court in the above styled case, which has this day been taken and…