Stanley v. Norris

An action on the case in tort was brought .by Norris against Stanley before a justice of .the peace. The following statement of the cause of action was filed:—

State of Indiana, Fayette county, Jackson township. Before C. Thompson, justice. Samuel S. Norris complains of Samziel Stanley of a plea of trespass - on the case. For that whereas, -heretofore, to wit, on the 15th of November, 1836, at the township aforesaid, the defendant was possessed of a certain horse which he well knew to have ektremely weak and defective eyes, so much so as to render him -nearly if not entirely good for nothing;…