Conant v. Watts

Mr. Presiding Justice McBride

delivered the opinion of the court.

3. Justices of the peace, § 170*—when right to appeal exists. The authority for appeals from justices of the peace is purely statutory, and such appeals can be taken only in the manner provided by the statute. 4. Justices of the peace, § 171*—when statute confers no right of appeal from mere verdict. Hurd’s Rev. St., ch. 79, sec. 115 (J. & A. ¶ 6976), provides only for appeals from the judgments of justices of the peace, and not for appeals from the verdicts of juries in actions tried before such justices. 5. Justices of the…