Goodwin v. Walls

Action by the appellant against the appellee, before a justice of the peace. The appellant was prosecuting attorney, and the appellee was his deputy. They had an agreement for dividing the fees taxed and collected, and the plaintiff alleged in his complaint that the defendant had in his hands two hundred" dollars collected by him, due to the jjlaintiffj which he refused to pay over.

Before the justice of the peace, the defendant appears to have answered, and there was judgment against him in favor of the plaintiff, for twenty-five dollars.

In the circuit court, after a trial in which the jury…