Keaton v. Snider

The record shows that the appellant owned a crop of corn cultivated by him on rented land in Hancock county; that while the corn was growing the appellee wrongfully permitted his cattle to enter upon the land and destroy the corn; that appellant sued appellee before a justice of the peace in Shelby county to recover the value of the corn destroyed. On *67appeal to the circuit court a demurrer was sustained to the complaint. The only question presented on this appeal for our consideration is one of jurisdiction. If this is an action for trespass on real estate, the jurisdiction is in Hancock…