Johnson v. Sanders

This is an action in replevin, originating in a justice of the peace court by Owen Sanders, who was a share cropper, against George E. Johnson, the landowner.

The affidavit filed in the justice of the peace court, among other things, alleged that a certain red mare mule about ten years old, weighing about one thousand one hundred pounds, value one hundred dollars, one horse wagon, value ten dollars, and one blind bridle, value one dollar and fifty cents, were the property of affiant and wrongfully detained by George Johnson.

¡A¡ writ was issued and returned by the sheriff, with the statement…