Carney v. Murphy

The Act of 1869-70, ch. 64, § 1, authorizes the writ of possession after judgment for^ plaintiff in actions of forcible entry and detainer, or of forcible detainer before three Justices, upon appeal by defendant, if the plaintiff will give bond as therein prescribed. Shank. Pev., 124.

The Act of 1871, ch. 66, amends the former Act so as to include cases of unlawful detainer. In this case o'f unlawful detainer the plaintiff had judgment before three Justices, from which the defendant appealed to the Circuit Court. In the 'latter tribunal *341there was a mistrial, and thereupon the plaintiff…