Floyde v. Wiley

This was originally a suit commenced by Floyde, who is appellee, against Wiley, the appellant, before a Justice of the Peace, to recover the value of a horse. The summons is in assumpsit, and the damages are laid at fifty dollars, On the trial before the Justice, the plaintiff (who is appellee) had judgment for forty-five dollars, from which an appeal was taken to the Circuit Court, where, upon the first trial, there was a verdict and judgment for the defendant, the present appellant; which judgment, upon an appeal to this Court, was reversed, and the canse remanded to the Circuit Court,…