Ward v. Perry
Indiana Court of Appeals
From Superior Court of Madison County; H. Clarence Austill, Judge. Action by William R. Perry against Louisa G. Ward and another. From a judgment for plaintiff, the defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtMoran, J.
Appellee was awarded judgment against appellants in the lower court for the sum of $187.50, for grain consumed and growing crops destroyed by appellants’ live stock. The action originated before a justice of the peace of Monroe Township, Madison County, Indiana, and reached the Superior Court of Madison County on appeal. At the very onset, this cause presents for our consideration the question as to whether the justice of the peace before whom the cause was originally filed and tried had jurisdiction of the subject-matter.
The complaint was in three paragraphs. The first paragraph, after…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Second National Bank v. HuttonIndiana Supreme Court · 1881
- Mitchell v. SmithIndiana Supreme Court · 1865
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