Eddy v. Beal

Eddy sued Beal before a justice of the peace in an action of replevin for a plow, and filed a complaint that seems to be sufficient in form and substance, setting out the facts alleged, and demanding a judgment for a recovery of the property and fifty dollars damages for the detention thereof, which was duly signed by the plaintiff! He also filed a separate affidavit, which, as it appears from the record, was duly signed and verified by him, and contains all the requirements of the statute, including, like the complaint, a demand for a return of the property and for damages. A writ was issued…