Dowdy v. Womble

This action of replevin originated before-a justice of the peace, where the plaintiff recovered a judgment. The defendants appealed to the circuit court, and on their motion the cause was dismissed on account of the insufficiency of the statement. Before the defendants’ motion to dismiss was passed on, the plaintiff asked leave to amend the statement, which the circuit court denied upon the ground that the statement failed to state a jurisdictional fact, and was, therefore, fatally defective. The plaintiff has appealed, and the correctness of this ruling is. the only question for our…