Brown v. Duke

This was an action by the appellee against the appellant.

■ It is alleged in the complaint that the defendant did, on, -etc., unlawfully take from the plaintiff and out of the plaintiff’s possession eleven hundred fencing rails of the value of twenty-two dollars, and unlawfully convert said rails to defendant’s own use. The action was commenced before a justice of the peace, where judgment was rendered in favor of the plaintiff for seven dollars and costs. The defendant appealed to the circuit court, where judgment was rendered in favor of the plaintiff for one cent damages. The defendant…