Hart v. State ex rel. Baker

Suit by the appellee against the appellants, commenced before a justice of the peace on a constable’s bond. . The breach complained of is, that the defendant Hart, as constable, sold the property of Baker, the relator, on an execution against Wallace. Trial by the court; finding for the plaintiff; motion for a new trial overruled, and judgment. The evidence is all in the record, and is in substance as follows:. In the spring of 1866, Baker rented to Wallace a field, a part of the farm on which the former resided, for the pur*201pose of raising a crop of corn. Baker was to have one-third of the…