Getty v. Miller

This action was commenced by the appellee against the appellant before a justice of the peace to recover the possession of certain premises which the defendant, as alleged, unlawfully withheld from her. The justice rendered judgment in her favor for the possession of the property, and damages for its detention.' The defendant then undertook to appeal from the judgment to the county court, by filing with the justice a bond conditioned for the due prosecution of the appeal, the payment of costs accrued and to accrue, as well as all damages the plaintiff had sustained or might sustain in…