Ringo v. Brooks
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court. Hon. John “Whytock, Circuit Judge. This suit was brought under the Ijth section of uAn Act, ■defining the jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace,” approved December 16,1863, and was properly brought in the name of Ringo, the party in interest, if brought at all under the law then in force.
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Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court. Hon. John “Whytock, Circuit Judge. This suit was brought under the Ijth section of uAn Act, ■defining the jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace,” approved December 16,1863, and was properly brought in the name of Ringo, the party in interest, if brought at all under the law then in force. The repeal of that portion of the act under which the suit was brought, by the Act of April 12, 1869, did not invalidate the proceedings, but continued and made effectual the same, the same as though there had been no repeal. See Ac', 18 April, 1869; also secs. 79j-95 of…
1Opinion of the CourtSbaRle, J.
This was an action, brought before a justice of the peace, by the appellant against the appellee, on the 3d of February, 1869, for the recovery of money alleged to be due, for the use and occupation of his certain farm by appellee, during the year 1865. The action was upon an account against one Hanger and Brooks, the appellee herein, for two hundred and forty dollars; but brought against Brooks alone, by virtue of a certain agreement, the nature of which will appear further on. The complaint alleges that the said Hanger and Brooks, as partners,, cultivated plaintiff's farm during the year…
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