Mason v. Finch

Finch made complaint on oath before two justices of the peace, that he and Mason were joint tenants of a dwelling-house in the county of Madison, and that Mason, with force and arms, forcibly entered into the whole of the dwelling-house, and turned Finch out of the possession of his moiety of the house, and keeps him out; and prays of the justices, that he may be restored to the possession of the undivided half of the house.

On the trial of this complaint, before the justices, a verdict was found in favor of the defendant below, and the cause was removed into the Circuit Court by appeal.

In the…