Farley v. Thompson

Woods, Judge:

Albert Farley, on the 5th day of April, 1923, instituted an action in unlawful entry and detainer before a justice of the peace of Raleigh county, against one Wint Thompson, for unlawfully withholding from him one certain dwelling house and premises situate in Slab Fork District on the West Fork of Winding Gulf, in said county. The trial before the justice resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff, and the defendant appealed to the circuit court.

Upon the hearing in the circuit court, the only evidence on behalf of the plaintiff was his own testimony. He testified that he obtained…