Conkey v. Carpenter

Plaintiff brought suit in justice’s court to recover $3.50 “for services as a veterinary surgeon, in treating a horse for the defendant.” Upon the second trial in the justice’s court plaintiff recovered a verdict. Defendant appealed to the circuit court. The case was tried twice in that court, and, upon the second trial, verdict and judgment were for the defendant; and plaintiff has now brought the case to this court by writ of error. So long as the law permits these petty oases to be appealed to this court, we have no alternative but to dispose of them upon legal principles, and reverse them…