Gradalph v. Fink
Gradalph v. Fink
Opinion of the Court
delivered the opinion of the court.
This was an action originally brought before a justice of the peace for the recovery of specific personal property. Upon a trial before the justice the plaintiff had judgment, and on appeal to the Circuit Court judgment again was rendered for the plaintiff. The case was then taken to the District Court, where the judgment of the Circuit Court was reversed.
The first ground taken by the defendant’s counsel is that the property sued for exceeded in value the jurisdiction of the justice of the peace, and therefore the suit should have been dismissed. But the complaint filed alleged an amount greatly less than the
It is objected that the verdict is bad. It is unquestionably to some extent defective. The action was to recover some wheat and oats. The evidence shows that the oats were really in the possession of the defendant, and the jury found in favor of the plaintiff for the wheat, and said nothing about the oats. No objection was made against the verdict at the time, and surely the defendant can not allege that he was injured by it.
There is some doubt as to whether the proper • action was brought for the maintenance of the plaintiff’s rights in the wheat, but no point was made upon it in the court below, either by plea or by motion in arrest; and as justice was substantially subserved by the proceeding, and nothing but a litigious spirit.could have prompted the bringing of this case here, the judgment of the District Court will be reversed and that of the Circuit Court affirmed.
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- Juliana Gradalph, in Error v. Henry C. Fink, in Error
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