Gibson v. Carr
Gibson v. Carr
Opinion of the Court
delivered the opinion of the court.
Gibson & Williams'were contractors for the construction of a piece of railroad. This action is against the members of the firm of Gibson & Williams for pay for labor of Carr and his teams, used about that work. The action is against the members of the firm of Gibson & Williams, and both members of that firm appeared and pleaded to the declaration. After recovery by Carr against both members of the firm of Gibson & Williams, A. O. Gibson alone appeals. There does not appear anywhere that there was any summons and severance, so as to conclude Williams, the other partner in the suit. . So-it would seem that Gibson cannot alone get along in this appeal.
The main contention he makes, however, is on the refusal of a continuance applied for by both members of the firm on A. O. Gibson’s affidavit that they could not safely go to trial because of the absence of W. H. Hale, a witness. Section 184 of the Code of 1906 is not conformed to in the application for a continuance. That section is much fuller than any previous statute on continuances, and it makes it necessary that the residence of the absent witness should be given and that there has been used “ due diligence to procure the presence of the absent
Affirmed.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- Obadiah A. Gibson v. Amsi M. Carr
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- Syllabus
- 1. Appeals. Parties. Summons and severance. A joint judgment against two or more defendants will- not be reversed on the appeal of one of them, in the absence of a summons for and severance of the other or others. 2. Continuance. Application. Penial. Code 1906, § 784. Supreme court practice. The denial of a continuance by the trial court will not warrant a reversal of its judgment by the supreme court, where the application failed to conform to the requirements of Code 1906, § 784, regulating the subject and providing what must be stated in such applications.