Case Name: The Evansville and Crawfordsville Railroad Company v. Kargus
Court: Supreme Court of Indiana
Jurisdiction: Indiana
Decision Date: 1858-05-27
Citations: 10 Ind. 182
Docket Number: 
Parties: The Evansville and Crawfordsville Railroad Company v. Kargus.
Judges: 
Reporter: Indiana Reports
Volume: 10
Pages: 182–183

Head Matter:
The Evansville and Crawfordsville Railroad Company v. Kargus.
APPEAL from the Gibson Circuit Court.
C. Baker, for the appellants.
J. J. Chandler and J. J. Harlan, for the appellee.
Thursday, May 27.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
This was an action against the company, commenced before a justice of the peace, for killing the horse of Kargus. Damages laid at 110 dollars. Judgment for 110 dollars. Appeal to the Circuit Court. Finding for the plaintiff 110 dollars. Judgment for double the amount, 220 dollars, &c., under the act of March 1,1853.
This judgment is erroneous. Madison, &c., Co. v. Whiteneck, 8 Ind. R. 217.
The justice of the peace had no jurisdiction of the case, because the sum demanded was over one hundred dollars. 8 id. 237.
The judgment is reversed with costs. Cause remanded with instructions to dismiss it.
J. Smith, for the appellant.