Millikan v. Davenport

This cause- originated before a justice of the peace, the complaint showing a cause of action in favor of the plaintiff, William B. Davenport, the appellee, as landlord, against the defendant, Thomas Millikan, the appellant, as tenant, for the recovery of the possession of the leased premises, alleged in the complaint to have been leased by the appellee to the appellant on the 26th of September, 1890.

Before the justice the appellant filed a plea, sworn to by him, asking that the cause of action abate and be certified to the circuit court “for the reason that the title to said ” premises “…