Wells v. Steele

English, Ch. J.:

Thomas W. Steele sued Claibourne C. Wells before a justice of the peace of Pulaski County, on 'a claim of $ 100 for damages done to his ambulance by the negligence of Wells, as the keeper of a public ferry on the Arkansas River. Steele obtained judgment before the justice for the sum claimed, and Wells appealed to the Circuit Court, where the case was tried by the court, sitting as a jury, and finding and judgment in favor of St.eele for |51.75, the amount paid by him for repairing the ambulance.

Wells filed a motion for a new trial, on the grounds that the finding was contrary…