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21 Ark. 426

Miller v. McCullough

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided July 15, 1860

Supreme Court of Arkansas · decided 1860-07-15

<p>On certiorari to the judgment of a justice of the peace, the judgment should be quashed or affirmed upon what appears upon the face of the papers, not upon the admissions of parties, as to facts not appearing therein.</p>

Cited by 4 later decisions — most recently April 1931

4 state decisions

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Decided 1860-07-15

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Mr. Justice Fairchild

¶1delivered the opinion of the court.

¶2This appeal has been argued here as involving the question, whether a judgment of a justice of the peace, rendered upon default of the appearance of the defendant, was void because served in another township than that in which the summons was issued.

¶3Judgment having been given against the defendant, and brought to the Circuit Court on certiorari, the transcript of the proceedings of the justice of the peace does not show that the summons was served out of the township whence it issued; although in the Circuit Court, the plaintiff in the justice’s suit admitted such to be the case; whereupon the Circuit Court quashed the judgment of the justice of the peace. Miller, the original plaintiff, appealed.

¶4Upon certiorari, the judgment and proceedings of the justice should have been quashed or affirmed, from what appeared upon the papers, not upon the admissions of parties in the Circuit Court.

¶5The judgment of the Circuit Court of Columbia county is reversed, with instructions to affirm the judgment of the justice of the peace. ,

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