Ludwick v. Beckamire

The appellant, who was the plaintiff, sued Beelcamire before a justice of the peace of Shelby township, Ripley county, alleging in his complaint, that he had loaned the defendant a certain horse, which he, defendant, drove immoderately, and kept negligently, whereby said horse became diseased, and of no value, &c. Process, upon the complaint, was duly issued against the defendant, and by the proper constable returned, served. On the day set for the trial of the cause, the defendant appeared before the justice, and pleaded to the complaint thus: “ That said plaintiff is not, nor was he at the…