Case Name: Coffey v. Collier and Another
Court: Supreme Court of Indiana
Jurisdiction: Indiana
Decision Date: 1859-06-25
Citations: 12 Ind. 565
Docket Number: 
Parties: Coffey v. Collier and Another.
Judges: 
Reporter: Indiana Reports
Volume: 12
Pages: 565–566

Head Matter:
Coffey v. Collier and Another.
Saturday, June 25.
APPEAL from the Morgan Court of Common Pleas.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Coffey sued Richard and Joel Collier before a justice of the peace, upon a promissory note for the payment of 22 dollars. The justice gave judgment for the plaintiff, and the defendants appealed. In the Common Pleas, they moved to dismiss the cause, on the ground that the plaintiff had not, when he commenced his suit before the justice (he being a non-resident of the county in which it was commenced), given security for costs. Pending this motion, the plaintiff offered to give such security; but his offer was refused. The defendants' motion was sustained, and the cause dismissed, &c.
The code says, justices shall require security for costs from plaintiffs living out of the county. 2 F. S. p. 460, § 55. But here, the record, though it shows that the defendants appeared before the justice, and contested the plaintiff's suit, fails tó show that they even suggested his non-residency. And the defendants having appealed, the cause must be considered in the Common Pleas de novo. And the result is, that security for costs could not be required in that Court, unless the plaintiff was a non-resident of the state. Id. pp. 127, 463, § 402, 67.
J. W.. Gordon and O. J. Glisner, for the appellant.
A. A. Barrickmcm, for the appellees.
The judgment is reversed with costs. Cause remanded, &c.