Drennen v. Lindsey

Mr. Chief Justice "Watkins

delivered the opinion of the Court,

This suit was originally commenced before a justice of the peace, by Lindsey against Drennen, and on the trial in the justice’s court, the plaintiff, in order to make out his case, called upon the defendant to testify as a witness, and he was required to do so, under the statutory provision to that effect. Digest, title Justices of the Peace, sec. 108. Judgment being given against the defendant, he appealed, and on the trial de novo in the Circuit Court, the plaintiff, against the objection of the defendant, introduced, as a…