Gilmore v. Dawson
Supreme Court of Missouri
Error to Pettis County Circuit Court. Iba vs. the Hannibal and St. Joseph R. R. Co., 45 Mo. 469 ; Burt vs. Warne, 31 Mo. 296 ; Coughlin vs. Lyons, 21 Mo.-538 ; House vs. Duncan, 50 Mo. 453; Beattie vs. Hill, 60 Mo. 72. Donohoe vs. Chappell, 4 Mo. 34 ; 1 Mo. 545 ; 31 Mo. 296 ; 46 Mo. 221.
1Opinion of the CourtSherwood, Judge
This was a proceeding instituted under the provisions of the act of March23rd, 1870. (Laws of that year, p. 65.)
The complaint was as follows: “ Plaintiff 'states that defendant, on the fifth day of August, 1873, and at various other times, unlawfully entered the enclosed land of the plaintiff, in Pettis *311county, Missouri, after being duly notified not to do so, to the damage of the plaintiff five dollars, for which he asks judgment.”
The defendant was successful before the justice, and on appeal taken was successful also in the circuit court, as his motion to dismiss the case, because there was…
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