Moore v. Read

Read complained against Moore, before two justices of the peace, for a forcible entry and detainer. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant appealed to the Circuit Court, and the plaintiff again obtained a verdict and judgment. Moore appeals to this Court.

A question has been made as to the jurisdiction of this Court in cases like the present. The act against forcible entry and detainer authorizes the taking of an appeal to the Circuit Court, in the same manner in which appeals from judgments of justices, under the statute respecting the trial of small causes, are *178taken, and…