Willis
Willis v. Paul
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Houser, J.
From the completed record herein it appears that following the recovery of a judgment by plain tiff from the defendant, the giving by the former to the latter of a notice of its entry, and the issuance of an execution on such judgment, 'the defendant gave notice to the plaintiff of his intention to move for a new trial, which latter motion having duly come on for hearing, was by the court denied. In the meantime, and by means of several separate, consecutive orders secured by the defendant from the trial court, by which the execution of the judgment was stayed, the plaintiff was prevented from satisfying the same for a period of over two months. Thereafter, the defendant having given notice of appeal from the judgment, filed an undertaking on appeal. On exception taken by the plaintiff to such undertaking, the sureties thereon failed to justify. Thereupon the defendant filed a second undertaking which resulted in its rejection by the trial court for the reason that it was insufficient in form. A third undertaking filed by the defendant also failed of its purpose because of the inability of the sureties thereon to justify; and on a judicial hearing of the matter, an attempted…