Jones v. Perry

Defendant purchased at a sale in a partition action a farm upon which the plaintiff resided, and in which she had an interest. Shortly after receiving the referee’s deed he went to the farm in question and commenced to do some plowing. Plaintiff appeared upon the scene and ordered him off, and he thereupon departed. It is not claimed that any force was used or that anything in the nature of an assault occurred; but defendant repaired to the home of a justice of the peace in that town and swore to an information upon which the magistrate issued a warrant, alleging the plaintiff had committed…