Case Name: JARED HAWTHORN vs. ANDREW McGUIRE
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Jurisdiction: Delaware
Decision Date: 1835
Citations: 1 Harr. 530
Docket Number: 
Parties: JARED HAWTHORN vs. ANDREW McGUIRE.
Judges: 
Reporter: Delaware Reports
Volume: 1
Pages: 530–530

Head Matter:
JARED HAWTHORN vs. ANDREW McGUIRE.
Justices of the peace have jurisdiction.only of such cases of trespass as are for a direct and immediate injury to property.
Certiorari to Justice Tatlow.
Rodney, for Hawthorn.
Read, Jr. for McGuire.

Opinion:
This was an action of "trespass" brought by McGuire against Hawthorn before Justice Tatlow "for borrowing a dearborn and harness from the said McGuire, and suffering from the running away of a horse, the shafts, hounds, harness and back curtain to be torn off and broken, and not having the same put in complete repair; for neglecting and finally refusing to return or bring home the said dear-born and harness, but leaving the same at the wheelwright's shop, to its destruction and damage, and the immediate njury of the said Andrew McGuire.
The damage was laid at $40: and on a trial by referees there was a report and judgment for'$35 00 and costs.
The exception was to the jurisdiction of the Justice, and the court reversed the judgment on that exception.
Judgment reversed.