Hoover v. Jones

The appellee sued the appellant before a justice of the peace to recover certain personal property. The justice’s record shows an appearance of the parties, a trial, and finding in favor of the plaintiff for the goods, and $5 damages for their detention. The defendant (appellant) appealed to the circuit court, where the case was tried de *558novo by a jury, and a verdict was returned in favor of the appellee for the property, without assessing any damages for the detention. The appellant thereupon moved the court orally, as the bill of exceptions shows, “ to tax the accrued and accruing costs of…