Gould v. Patterson

This action was trespass, and was brought in a justice’s court, in the county of Livingston, where, upon a trial by jury, a verdict of five dollars was rendered for the plaintiff, and thereupon, under the statute, treble damages were awarded by the court, and judgment for that sum was accordingly entered, together with five dollars costs. The defendant appealed to the county court, but such appeal was subsequently dismissed, and *333nothing arising upon such appeal appears to be material to any question existing in the record before us. The plaintiff also appealed and asked for a new trial in the…