Hutchinson v. Whitmore

The court directed verdict and judgment in favor of the defendant. Plaintiff brings error.

The objections upon the trial relate to the form and substance' of the declaration. The first count of the declaration is as follows:

“ Silas P. Hutchinson, plaintiff in this suit, complains of Ancil K. Whitmore [sheriff of said county for the year 1887], defendant in this suit, who has been duly-summoned to answer the plaintiff in a plea of trespass on the case, for that; whereas, to wit, on or about the 2d day of November, 1887, in the township of Woodstock, in said county, said .plaintiff was lawfully…