Scott v. Brandon
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM HUMPHREYS. Appeal by defendant from the Circuit Court of Hum-phreys County to the Court of Civil Appeals, and by cer-tiorari by plaintiff from the Court of Civil Appeals to the Supreme Court. — W. L. Cook, 'Circuit Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Green
delivered tlie opinion of the Court.
This ease is before us on petition for certiorari to review a judgment of the court of civil appeals.
The question presented is as to the right of an unsuccessful defendant in a replevin suit before a justice of the peace to take an appeal to the circuit court upon the pauper oath.
The circuit judge was of opinion that no such right existed. The court of civil appeals reached a contrary conclusion, and reversed the action of the trial judge. The question depends upon a proper construction of our statutes.
The acts of the legislature respecting replevin before…
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