Legal Opinion
Hodgin v. Barton
Supreme Court of Kansas
Decided January 15, 1880PublishedCited by 10 opinions
Error from, Neosho District Court. Action brought by Barton against Hodgin and another, to recover damages for the alleged wrongful taking and detention of a horse belonging to the plaintiff. Trial at the April Term, 1879, of the district court, and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendants bring the case here for review. The nature of the action, and the facts, fully appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Horton, C. J.:
On March 22d, 1878, one R. L. Huston filed a bill of particulars with J. F. Himelwright, a justice of the peace of Neosho county, in the following words:
“ The said plaintiff claims a judgment against the defendants for the sum'of $5, with interest from the 20th day of March, 1878, as evidenced by the following bill of damages, hereto attached and made a part of this petition. The said plaintiff states under oath that on or about the 20th day of March, 1878, one sorrel horse three years old, also one bay colt one year old, the property and…
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