Richards v. Johnson

The plaintiff filed his petition in the county court of Douglas county, stating that he was the owner of a certain house built on his property and that the defendants threaten to tear down and forcibly remove it, causing irreparable injury to his premises. The county court thereupon made a temporary restraining order, returnable to the circuit court of Douglas county. The defendants appeared in the circuit court and filed their answer denying the allegations of the plaintiff’s petition, and also their motion to dissolve the injunction.

The record recites that thereupon a special judge was…