City of Fairbury v. Barnes

The appellant, City of Fairbury, began this suit before a justice of the peace in the county of Livingston, to recover damages of Harold Barnes, appellee, on account of the breaking and destroying by him of an ornamental lighting post belonging to and in the custody and control of said appellant.

A judgment was rendered against appellee by the justice for $83.65 and costs of suit, from which appellee appealed to the circuit court.

A trial was had in the circuit court by a jury, and a verdict was returned findipg for appellee. Appellant prosecutes this appeal to this court.

It appears that the…