Phillips v. Ritchie County

Snyder, Judge:

This action was commenced before a justice of Ritchie county by A. A. Phillips and wife against the County Court of said county, to recover damages for injuries sustained by the plaintiffs by reason of the neglect of defendant to have a certain public road in the county kept in repair. The defendant pleaded not guilty; and, on the motion of the plaintiffs, the action was tried by a jury, which, on April 7,1888, returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiffs for $800.00. The defendant moved the justice to set aside the verdict, which he refused to do, and entered judgment for the…