Supreme Court of Vermont March 15, 1834 (Stevens v. Howe)

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mattocks, J.

— This case was originally commenced before a justice of the peace, and a specification was there filed and judgment for plaintiff, from which an appeal was taken ; and, at the county court, the defendant filed amotion to dismiss the action, because, “ by the specification filed by the plaintiff in the justice court, the amount of the