Roberson v. Simons

In March, 1888, Simons sued Roberson, in a justice’s court, for the rent of certain land, for the years 1896 and 1897, at the rate of $23.00 per annum. The magistrate rendered a judgment in favor of the plaintiff; there was an appeal to a jury in the justice’s court, and a verdict rendered for the plaintiff. The defendant took the case, by certiorari, to the superior court, where the certiorari was overruled and dismissed, and he excepted. As the verdict was for the plaintiff, in considering the questions involved, wherever there is a conflict in the evidence, we take the case as made by his…