Campbell v. Town of Lewiston

The town of Lewistown commenced a suit before a justice of the peace of Fulton county, in July 1879, against appellant for a violation of an ordinance of said town, and recovered a judgment for $200, from which appellant appealed to the county court of said county, where on motion of appellee, the appeal was dismissed and a judgment rendered against appellant for costs.

From this judgment, appellant appeals to this court. The charter of the town, passed in 1857, authorizes the election of a police magistrate, and provides that “ he shall have exclusive jurisdiction of all cases arising under…