Tyler v. Nelson

This case was commenced in justice’s court, tried there, appealed to the circuit court, and tried there. A verdict and judgment were rendered for $40 in favor of the plaintiff. The defendant appeals to this court.

The declaration was in a plea of trespass on the case—

“For that, whereas, the said defendant on, to wit, the 7th day of November, A. D. 1894, at the township of Covert, in said county, with force and arms, drove a certain vehicle, to wit, a buggy, which he, the said defendant, was then and there driving in and along the public highway, with great force and violence upon and against a…