Missouri Pacific Railroad Co. v. Sloan

This suit was brought in a justice of tlie peace court in Crawford County, Arkansas, by appellee against appellant, to recover $75 for the neglig-ent killing of a female dog, on December 23,1925. Judgment was rendered for said amount against appellant, by default, from which an appeal was duly prosecuted to the circuit court of said county, where the case was set for hearing on March 24, 1927. On March 23, the day before the trial, appellant filed a motion to require appellee to make the complaint more definite and certain, whereupon he amended liis complaint to allege that the dog was killed…