Kehl v. Undereiner

On March 7, 1974, plaintiff, pro se, and defendant, represented by counsel, appeared at a hearing before a district magistrate. Plaintiff alleged that defendant, lessee of plaintiff’s dwelling house, damaged certain tangible personalty owned by plaintiff. At the conclusion of the hearing, the magistrate reserved decision and on March 29,1 entered judgment for plaintiff in the sum of $331.33. On April 18, 1974, defendant filed a praecipe for a writ of certiorari to the justice of the peace, alleging that the proceeding before the justice of the peace was “so grossly irregular as to make the…