Meyer v. Helland

This action was begun before a justice of the peace in one of the'precincts of Phillips county. Observing the mandate of section 1933 of the General Statutes of 1883, the justice indorsed on the back of the summons the amount of the claim as one hundred dollars. The plaintiff contended that he had sustained damages by the taking of certain horses from his pasture by the defendants, Meyer and Reeves. Apparently the plaintiff’s title was a qualified one, resulting from his possession and the contract under which the stock came to *537him. The trial before the justice resulted in a judgment in 'avor…