Ellet v. Wyatt

The plaintiff filed suit in the court of the justice of the peace for loss of his dog allegedly shot and killed by the defendant. After judgment entered in the justice of the peace court, appeal was taken to the circuit court where the case was tried de novo by the court without a jury. The circuit court entered judgment for the plaintiff for the sum of $215 and costs and this appeal followed.

Plaintiff has filed in this court a motion to dismiss the appeal based on alleged deficiencies in the abstract. This motion was taken with the case. The sufficiency of the abstract is attacked in ten…