McManaway v. Crispin

— This is an action in replevin and originated before a justice of the peace. The complaint averred that appellant, who was plaintiff below, was entitled to the possession of fourteen head of sheep, which appellee unlawfully detained from him; that they were of the value of $36, and that by such unlawful detention, he had been damaged, etc. Both in the justice and circuit court judgment was rendered in favor of appellee. Appellant has assigned as error the overruling of his motion for a new trial. A brief statement of the facts, as they appear from the record, will aid in determining the only…