Benninghoof v. Finney

This was an action by the appellant against the appellees, upon the official bond of Finney as a justice of the peace. Issue, trial, finding and judgment for the defendants, a new trial having been applied for and denied.

The case made by the complaint is this: The plaintiff' recovered a judgment before said Finney, as a justice, for 85 dollars and some cents, besides costs, against one Gástele. Execution was issued upon the judgment by the justice, and delivered to one William Barker, who is alleged to have been appointed by Finney as a special constable in the case. Barker levied the…