Griffin v. Malony

This was a proceeding instituted by the appellant against the appellees, before a justice of the peace, to try the right to certain property, claimed by the plaintiff, and levied upon by the defendants on several exe*403cations, against one Ferdinand Griffin, issued by a justice of the peace.

The proceeding seems to have been instituted in accordanee with the provisions of ch. 5, 2 R. S. p. 493. The value of the property in controversy exceeded 100 dollars; and on appeal from the justice to the Circuit Court, the cause was dismissed on motion of defendants, because the amount exceeded the…