Court Opinion

ID: 7090573
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-24 12:05:20.969584+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:13:04.801399
License: Public Domain

Opinion by

Greene, J.
Assumpsit on a promissory note. Action before a justice of the peace. Judgment for plaintiff, and an appeal taken to tho district court.
In that court, a motion was made to dismiss the appeal on the ground that a sufficient appeal bond had not been filed. It was therefore ruled that the appellant should file new recognizance by the time the case was reached in order, or •that the appeal should he dismissed. The rule not Laving been obeyed, the appeal ivas accordingly dismissed. On the next day, counsel moved to have the cause reinstated, upon filing sufficient recognizance, hut this motion was overruled. It is now contended that the court erred in dismissing the appeal.
There is no foundation for the objection urged. The court could not have decided differently under the statutes. An opportunity was afforded the appellant to perfect his *125recognizance. The statute provides that no appeal shall ba dismissed on account of a defective recognizance, “ if the appellant will, before the motion to dismiss is determined enter, before the district court, into such recognizance as he ought to have entered into before the allowance of the appeal and pay all costs that shall be incurred by reason of such defect or omission.” Rev. Stat. 335, § 11.
J. C. Hall, for plaintiff in error.
Geo. C. Dixon, for defendant.
The fact that the case came on for hearing sooner than counsel advised or expected, and during his absence from court, is not sufficient reason for neglecting to comply with this statute, within the ruling of the court. In this case the new recognizance was not filed in time, nor does it appear that the necessary costs were paid. The filing of a nevr recognizance the day after the cause was disposed of and the absence of appellant’s attorney at the trial are not sufficient reasons for disturbing the sound discretion of the court below, in refusing to reinstate the case.
Judgment affirmed.