Jacob v. McLean
Decision Date | 31 October 1856 |
Citation | 24 Mo. 40 |
Parties | JACOB, Respondent, v. MCLEAN, Appellant. |
Court | Missouri Supreme Court |
1. Where a cause is upon the day of trial submitted to the court by plaintiff's counsel upon proofs presented by him, and the court finding for plaintiff gives judgment accordingly; held, that defendant is not entitled to have this judgment set aside for the reason that his counsel, at the time the case was called and submitted, was absent in attendance as counsel in another cause in another court.
2. The Supreme Court will not in such case interfere with the discretion of the lower courts.
Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court.
This was a suit brought by an indorsee of a bill of exchange against the acceptor. Defendant, in his answer, set up a want or failure of consideration; also denied the indorsements. When the case was called for trial, the defendant not being present, it was submitted to the court upon proof of the several indorsements, and the court found for plaintiff, and rendered judgment accordingly. Defendant moved to set aside this judgment and accompanied his motion with the following affidavit:
The court overruled the motion. Defendant appealed.
A. M. Gardner, for appellant.
Knox & Kellogg, for respondent.
If the ground on which this application for a new trial is asked be sustained, it would be almost impossible to do the business of the St. Louis Courts. If, because counsel is engaged in one court, the business of another court, where his presence is required, is to be delayed, it is easy to see that no dispatch could be used in the disposition of causes. The courts below, where the business of suitors is done in the first instance, must be the judges...
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