Lea v. Harris

Blandford, Justice.

Harris sued Lea in a justice’s court upon the following account: “John Lea, dr. to T. II. Harris sixty dollars, damage in timber.” He obtained a judgment for twenty dollars. Lea filed a petition for writ of certiorari, to the superior court. The court dismissed the certiorari, and Lea excepted, and said the court erred in dismissing the certiorari.

The evidence in the case showed that Harris entered into a contract with Lea, in which it was agreed between them that Harris should have all the timber suitable for making cross-ties on a certain tract of land, at a certain…