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1 Ark. 205

Ellis v. McHenry

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided July 15, 1838

Supreme Court of Arkansas · decided 1838-07-15

This case was argued upon the merits, but disposed of upon a pre-liminarj question. The facts of the case, therefore, need not be stated.

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Decided 1838-07-15

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Dickinson, Judge,

¶1delivered the opinion of the court:

¶2This suit was instituted before a Justice of the Peace of Conway county, and judgment entered in favor of the administratrix, on the 17th of February, 1335. At the Circuit Court in May fallowing, it appears to have been placed upon the docket of that court, and then, on motion of McHenry, dismissed, because the warrant of the Justice was insufficient and defective.

¶3The plaintiff excepted to the opinion of the court, and now presents her writ of error, to reverse the judgment against her.

¶4In looking into the proceedings, we find no authority whatever, for the Circuit Court to have taken and exercised any jurisdiction in this case, as there is no evidence in the record, of an appeal having ever been granted to, or prayed for by, either party.

¶5The judgment of the Circuit Court must, therefore, be reversed with costs, with instructions that the case be stricken from the docket, and no other or farther, proceedings to be had therein.

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