Sweezey v. Stetson
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Buena Vista Circuit Court. Action to enjoin the enforcement of a- judgment rendered by a justice of the peace and to declare it void. A demurrer' to the answer of defendants was sustained; and, as they stood upon their pleadings and refused to answer further, judgment was entered against them, from which they appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Beck, Ch. J.
I. The petition alleges that one McKenzie brought an action of replevin against defendant Stetson before a justice of the peace; that plaintiff was the surety upon the *482replevin bond; that in the action a judgment was rendered against plaintiff for the amount of the value of defendant’s (Stetson’s) interest in the property, the justice holding that he had jurisdiction so to do; that plaintiff appealed from the judgment; and that the circuit court dismissed the appeal upon Stetson’s motion asking for the dismissal, on the ground that the justice of the peace had no jurisdiction of…
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