Rayburn v. Crocker

RICE, Judge.

The pleadings in this case were very simple. It was a suit in detinue by the appellee against the appellant seeking the recovery of the possession of one “red rhone (roan) heifer cow about one and one half years old and weighing about 350 pounds.”

It was begun in a Court of a Justice of the Peace, where judgment was rendered in favor of appellee.

Appeal being taken to the Circuit Court, it was tried before a jury. Verdict and judgment were again rendered in favor of appellee. '

Motion for a new trial being made, overruled, and exception reserved, this appeal followed.

It was tried in…