Hawthorne v. Cartier Lumber Co.

This is an action of forcible entry and detainer originally brought.by appellee before a justice of the peace. The defendant, appellant here, took an appeal from the justice to the Circuit Court. It is urged in her behalf that the transcript of the justice filed in that court on appeal does not show any “complaint in writing,” as required by section 5, chapter 57, E. S., and that the Circuit Court had no jurisdiction. The transcript as it appears in the record shows that the action was forcible entry and detainer, that there was a complaint filed, that the demand was for possession of realty,…