Case Name: Patchin, Respondent, vs. Wegman, et al., Appellants
Court: Supreme Court of Missouri
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 1853-10
Citations: 19 Mo. 151
Docket Number: 
Parties: Patchin, Respondent, vs. Wegman, et al., Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Missouri Reports
Volume: 19
Pages: 151–152

Head Matter:
Patchin, Respondent, vs. Wegman, et al., Appellants.
1. Affidavit by a party that be authorized his attorney to accept an offer of compromise, and supposed that he had done so, and so gave the suit no attention, is no ground for a new trial.
Appeal from St. Louis Law Commissioner’s Court.
Action against a constable and his securities for a false return of an alias execution issued by a justice of the peace.
Blennerhasett 8c Shreve, for appellants.
A justice, having no powers except those given him by statute, cannot issue an alias execution.
H. JV*. Dedman, for respondent.

Opinion:
Gamble, Judge.
The law commissioner proceeded to try this case in the absence of the defendants, the plaintiff being present and waiving a jury. The case came to this court by appeal from a justice of the peace. No bill of exceptions was taken at the trial, and of course, no question of law then arising is saved upon the record. After the judgment, the defendants asked for a new trial, and filed an affidavit, stating that the defendant, Wegman, who is the principal in the bond sued upon, was informed by his attorney that the case could be settled for ten dollars, and that he had authorized his attorney to give that sum and compromise the case. Supposing it was so settled, he gave himself no further trouble about the suit, and only discovered his mistake after the judgment was rendered. He swears to merits. The motion was overruled.
The affidavit shows no case upon which a new trial should have been granted. The judgment is, with the concurrence of the other judges, affirmed.