Wilkins v. Barnes

Wilkins brought suit against Barnes in a justice’s court, on an account, and the case was appealed to the superior court. In the latter court the presiding judge, at the conclusion of the plaintiff’s evidence, directed a verdict for the defendant; and the, plaintiff excepted. The facts are as follows: The plain*351tiff’s son and the defendant’s son, two minors about sixteen years of age, took and carried off from the plaintiff $102 of the plaintiff’s money, which they spent, and the two boys were arrested and brought to Athens and lodged in jail. The two fathers went to Athens for the purpose of…