Slaughter v. Gregory

This suit was pending in the Morgan Circuit Court, at the November term, 1859. On the eighth day of the term, the Court 'adjourned, the record showing no reason therefor, till February 6th, following. At that adjourned term, the cause was tried, the appellant objecting to the jurisdiction of the Court, and making the want of jurisdiction a ground for a motion for a new trial.

The act of 1855 authorized the Court, before the close of the term, to adjourn, for cause, to a day in vacation. Acts 1855, p. 70. But the code provides, 2 R. S., § 793, p. 222, that where an adjournment is made before…