Rodman v. Kelly

This was an action for the possession of certain articles of personal property, brought by the appellee against the appellants, before a justice of the peace.

On appeal to the Circuit Court, the defendants moved to dismiss the cause for want of jurisdiction in the justice.

The motion was overruled and exception taken.

Trial by the Court; finding and judgment for the plaintiff below. New trial moved, on the ground that the Court improperly overruled a motion to suppress a deposition taken by the plaintiff.

The ground of the motion to dismiss the cause, was that the property was taken by the…