Woodle v. Houghton

The plaintiff in error brought this case into the district court, by certiorari to a justice of the peace. A motion was filed in the district court to quash the writ and dismiss the suit, for the reason that the ground of error alleged is not set forth in the affidavit on which the writ was allowed; which motion was sustained by the court.

The act to amend an act entitled “An act concerning justices of the peace, and for other purposes, approved January 30, 1844,” provides, “that in all cases where an appeal is not allowed by the provisions of this section, it shall be lawful for either party…