Johnson v. Williams
Supreme Court of Vermont
Trover for a cask of cider vinegar, appealed by the defendant from the judgment of a justice of the peace. Plaintiff moved to dismiss, “ for that neither the declaration nor the ad damnum exceeded ten dollars,” wherefore the court had no appellate jurisdiction. Motion overruled, and plaintiff excepted.
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Trover for a cask of cider vinegar, appealed by the defendant from the judgment of a justice of the peace. Plaintiff moved to dismiss, “ for that neither the declaration nor the ad damnum exceeded ten dollars,” wherefore the court had no appellate jurisdiction. Motion overruled, and plaintiff excepted. Defendant then pleaded the general issue, and gave notice of justification as special deputy under regular process, and proceedings before a justice in Rutland, for search for, seizure and destruction of, said property under the statute. The notice did not insist upon said process and…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Ross, J.
I. The motion to dismiss was properly overruled. There are cases that are appealable in which neither the plaintiff’s specification nor the ad damnum in his writ, are above ten dollars. The defendant’s plea before the justice may be, and frequently is, oral. The copies of appeal, ordinarily, set forth only so much of the pleadings as were reduced to writing. Hence, an appeal may be properly allowed, where the right to it arises out of the character of the defendant’s plea, in cases in which the appeal copies do not disclose that right. It does…
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