Howe v. Young

The following complaint was filed before a justice of the peace of Ripley county:

“ William II. Howe, plaintiff, complains of Wicholas Young, defendant, and says the defendant on the 13th day of July, 1859, at said county of Ripley, did mischievously cause to be injured the horse and buggy of the plaintiff, by driving his, said defendant’s, horses and wagon along the public highway in a fast, improper, and reckless manner; thereby causing so loud a noise as to frighten, and otherwise frightening by such fast, reckless and improper driving, the horse of plaintiff, stationed and securely…