27 Ind. 502 | Ind. | 1867
A judgment was rendered against the appellant by the mayor of the city of Vincennes on the 3d of March, 1866. An appeal was taken on the 2d of April then next following, to the court below. On motion of the appellees, the appeal was dismissed, on the ground that it was not taken within thirty days from the rendition of the judgment by the mayor. The code provides that “the time within which an act is to be done, as herein provided, shall be computed by excluding the first day and including the last.” 2 G. & H., § 787, p. 332. The justices’ act requires that the appeal must he taken “within thirty days from the rendition” of the judgment. 2 G. & H., § 64, p. 593. The same act, (which also governs proceedings before mayors
The judgment is reversed, with costs, and the cause remanded, with directions to proceed in the cause.