Fitterling v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.

Action for damages for killing mules in Centerview township, brought before a justice of the peace of ’Warrensburg township, which adjoins the township where the injury happened.

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We have no doubt that the justice had jurisdiction of the subject matter of the action. Section 2835, Revised Statutes 1879, so far as pertinent to the present inquiry, is *505as follows: “ Except as otherwise provided by law, justices of the peace slxall have original jurisdiction of * * all actions against any railroad company in this State to recover damages for the killing or injuring of horses, mules, cattle or…