City of Janesville v. Dewey

By the Court,

Crawuoed, J.

The city of Janes-ville, as plaintiff in an action of trespass, quare clausum fregit, before a justice of the peace of Rock county,, recovered a judgment against Martin Dewey for $1,75 and costs of suit. The trespass consisted in breaking open the city poundjAnd taking therefrom a hog, the property of Dewey, which had been impounded in virtue of an ordinance of the city of Janesville prohibiting the running at large of swine-in the city. The case was removed by writ of cer-tiorari to the County Court of Rock county, where-*246jut%ment was reversed, on the ground that the…