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  "name": "Scott v. Meyer",
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      "Scott v. Meyer."
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      {
        "text": "Smith, J.\nA case was. tried on May n, 1884, before a justice of the peace, without a jury, and judgment was rendered for the defendant. On May nth the defeated party filed a motion for a new trial, which was overruled June 9th. An appeal was granted July 8th. This appeal the Circuit Court dismissed, as not being taken within the time prescribed by law.\nSection 4135 of Mansfield\u2019s Digest provides that: \u201cThe appeal must be taken within thirty days after the judgment was rendered, and not thereafter.\u201d\nThe statute is peremptory. The pendency of the motion for a new trial does not enlarge the time. Smith and Washington v. The State, 48 Ark., 148. Affirmed.",
        "type": "majority",
        "author": "Smith, J."
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    "attorneys": [
      "D. H. Reynolds for appellant."
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    "head_matter": "Scott v. Meyer.\nAppeal : Fro??i J. P.\nAn appeal from a justice of tlie peace must be taken within thirty clays after the judgment is rendered, and cannot be postponed by the continuance of a motion for new trial beyond that time.\nAPPEAL from Chicot Circuit Court.\nJ. M. Bradley, Judge.\nD. H. Reynolds for appellant.\nThe judgment was not final until the motion for a new trial was disposed of. No appeal could be taken during the pendency of the motion."
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