Birdsong v. Wilkinson

This case is not correctly styled. It should be styled, Hugh L. Wilkinson, Plaintiff in Error, against Grady Birdsong, Defendant in Error, as Birdsong obtained a judgment in the lower court.

This was an action for damages for injuries inflicted on a bird dog owned by the plaintiff, which dog was shot by the defendant.

The case was tried by a Justice of the Peace and judgment was rendered against the defendant for $75.

Defendant appealed to the Circuit Court of Giles County where the case was tried by the judge and a jury and resulted in a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $35. Motions for a…