32 Mass. 177
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 15, 1833
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · decided 1833-11-15
Error. Tne present defendant sued out a writ of replevin against the present plaintiff, under St. 1789, c. 26, § 1, for the liberation of certain cattle which had been impounded, returnable before Asa W. Wildes, Esquire, a justice of the peace ; and upon a trial, the justice rendered judgment in favor of the present defendant.
Decided 1833-11-15
¶1This action having been commenced before a justice of the peace, and carried by appeal to the Court of Common Pleas, the judgment of that court was final. It was not open to an appeal to this Court. This Court had no jurisdiction. The judgirent was erroneous and must be reversed.
¶2Judgment reversea.