Warren v. Ritter & Ritter

This was a suit brought under the third section of the Statute of Forcible Entry and Detainer. The complaint filed before the Justice by the plaintiffs, alleged that Warren, the defendent, on the first of January, 1846, unlawfully detained certain premises described in the complaint, and continued to detain them, &c. The proceedings were removed by certiorari to the Circuit Court, and upon the trial before that Court, neither party requiring a jury, the defendant was found guilty, and the plaintiff’s damages were assessed at $109. A motion was made in arrest of judgment, on account of an…