Adams v. Clark

Jackson, Justice.

The suit in the justice court was for twenty-five dollars, on a note for the hire of a horse for a year for farm work. The defense was that the horse was worthless, and could not and did not do the work, but broke down and died after some three weeks of very inefficient work.

On the trial before the jury, after a charge by the justice of the peace, the jury found for defendant, and the plaintiffs carried the case to the superior court by certiorari on the ground that the justice of the peace charged the jury at all, and that the verdict is without evidence and against law. The…