Dedman v. Smith

Judge Owsley

delivered the opinion of the court.

To obtain restitution of a lot of ground in Mountsterling, Dedman sued out from a justice of the peace of Montgomery county, a warrant against Smith and Furguson, for a forcible entry and detainer.

Smith and Furguson having been found guilty of the forcible entry and detainer before the justice, they traversed the inquest of the jury, and brought the cause before the circuit court.

An issue was made upon the traverse and a verdict being found for Dedman, judgment of restitution was rendered by the court against Smith and Furguson. From that…