Court Opinion

ID: 7999146
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-09-09 01:47:48.103264+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:35:39.390265
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Scott, Judge,
delivered the opinion of the court.
1. There is no doubt that during the term of a court, at which any proceeding is had, the court may, for sufficient cause, vacate or set aside that proceeding. It is obvious that the vacating of a continuance and ordering a trial of the cause may produce surprise, and operate seriously to the prejudice of a party whose cause has been continued. A court would hardly be warranted in taking such a course without strong reasons ; when, for such reasons, it is done, a party should be served with an authentic copy of the order. It would be dangerous to trust to rumor or any other source of information than a service of the copy of the order, to affect a party with notice that the continuance has been set aside. He then could appear and show cause why a trial should not be had at that time. We cannot say that the trial of this case, under the circumstances, was warranted by a sound discretion.
Judge Eyland concurring, the judgment will be reversed, and the cause remanded ; Judge Gamble not sitting.