Meddaugh v. Williams

Tlie plaintiff on an affidavit that “ be has, as-be has good reason to believe, a just cause of action against John Williams and Jonathan D. Wright in said county, against whom he applies for process by warrant for wrongfully trespassing on the north 60 acres of the northeast quarter of section two, range four north, six west, to the damage of one hundred dollars or under,” obtained a warrant from a justice of the peace on which the defendants were arrested. On being brought before the justice the defendants were required to plead immediately, and they did plead the general issue, and the…