Dougherty v. Thompson

CERTIORARI. The record showed that the cause of action and demand of the plaintiff against the defendant, was for $98.00 due and payable to the former as landlord out of the proceeds of the sale of the goods of a tenant of his, then in the hands of the defendant who had seized, levied upon and sold them on the demised premises as a constable of the county on an execution at the suit of another against the tenant. And the exceptions were that it did not appear that the justice had jurisdiction in the case, and in the next place, that it did appear that he had not jurisdiction in the case.

Gordon…