Palmer v. O'Donnell

This was' an action on the case by appellee against the appellants, for breaking and entering the close of appellee. On the trial, in November, 1883, the appellee recovered a verdict and judgment against appellants for eight dollars and costs of suit. The appellants, Ephraim Palmer and David Terry, were commissioners of highways ini the territory comprising the land of appellee and of John Dobbins, another of the appellants. John Dobbins was the owner of the land through which the road passed and in which the tile drain complained of by appellee was laid, and he did the work of laying the…