Conrad v. Cole

By the Court,

Cole, J.

This action was commenced by the appellant before a j ustice of the peace. The parties appeared, put in their pleadings, and went to trial before a jury. The j ury, upon the evidence, returned no cause of action. The appellant then took an appeal to the circuit court. The circuit court held that it had no jurisdiction of the cause, and dismissed the appeal for that reason.

In looking into the record, we think it fails to sustain this objection. On the contrary, it appears that the subject matter of the suit was within the jurisdiction of the justice. The defendant was not…