Howell v. Norton

Appellant, B: S. Howell, sued appellee, A. E. Norton, for one hundred dollars damages claimed to have been suffered by appellant in the loss of his dog, killed by the minor son of appellee. Suit was brought in the court of a justice of the peace of Forrest county; from there the ease went to the circuit court of that county where on the trial, at the conclusion of appellant’s evidence on motion of appellee said evidence was excluded, and a verdict directed for appellee. Judgment was accordingly entered, from which appellant prosecutes this appeal.

Appellant and appellee owned adjoining…