Case Name: The People, on the relation of Hollister, vs. Madison Common Pleas
Court: New York Supreme Court of Judicature
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1829-08
Citations: 2 Wend. 628
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People, on the relation of Hollister, vs. Madison Common Pleas.
Judges: 
Reporter: Wendell's Reports
Volume: 2
Pages: 628–628

Head Matter:
The People, on the relation of Hollister, vs. Madison Common Pleas.
iasT right “to judgment;0raídered on an ex parte hea™& joined. A party in a mst.inft’ñ r.rmrt
Motion for a mandamus in an appeal cause. Issue was joined before the justice, and the cause adjourned to a future ^aY' On the adjourned day, the defendant did not appear, the plaintiff proceeded and proved his declaration, and the jugt;ce rendered judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant appealed, and the plaintiff moved to quash the appeal; which motion was refused by the court. The court were now asked for a mandamus directing the common pleas to quash the appeal.
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S. Chapman, for relator.
J. A. Spencer, contra.

Opinion:
By the Court, Sutherland, J.
The motion is denied. An ex parte hearing, after issue joined, is a trial within the meaning of the statute. The appeal was therefore correctly prosecuted.