Hart v. Moon

Jul 1, 1856
Reporters:
Before:
Terry
The opinion of the Court was delivered by Mr. Justice Terry.

Mr. ‍‌​​​‌​​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​‍Chief Justice Murray concurred.

The decision of Zander v. Coe, limiting the jurisdiction of justices in civil cases, does not apply to proceedings ‍‌​​​‌​​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​‍under the statute concerning forcible entry. The motion for non-suit was properly overruled, as there was abundant evidence introduced by ‍‌​​​‌​​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​‍plaintiff to justify a verdict in his favor.

The points that the pleadings were insufficient to justify the judgment, and that ‍‌​​​‌​​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​‍the Court erred in trebling the damages assessed by the jury, have heretofore been decided in the case of O’Callaghan v. Booth ‍‌​​​‌​​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​‍and Deal, at the October term, 1855.

Judgment affirmed, with costs.