Cagney v. Wattles
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Kalamazoo; Buck, J. Case by Edward Cagney against I. Nat Wattles, a justice of the peace, for official misconduct. From a judgment for plaintiff, on verdict directed by the court, for less than the amount claimed, he brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtLong, J.
This cause was commenced in justice’s court. The plaintiff claimed damages in his declaration for wrongful injuries committed by defendant' in issuing a writ of replevin on May 8, 1897, wherein Nettie Newton was plaintiff and Edward Cagney (the plaintiff here) was defendant, without first having taken a bond from Nettie Newton, and without having the surety justify his respon*470sibility in writing on the bond, as required by law, and for having entered false records and false statements upon his docket. The cause was tried before the justice, who rendered a judgment in favor of plaintiff for…
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