Johnson v. Sutliff

In October, 1882, the plaintiffs filed their petition in the district court of Seward county, against the defendant, praying for a writ of ad quod damnum. In November of that year an order was made in said court directing the sheriff to impanel a jury of inquest as provided in the mill-da'm act of 1873. The jury were impaneled and made their report in writing. At the May, 1883, term of the court the defendant filed objections to the writ, which were overruled, and he thereupon filed an answer denying the plaintiff’s right to the writ and claiming damages in the sum of $1,000 by reason of the…