PIERCE v. CALDWELL

No. 8896.

360 P.2d 992 (1961)

Helen PIERCE, a Widow, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Webster L. CALDWELL, Justice of the Peace in the Nampa Precinct of the County of Canyon, State of Idaho, and Aetna Casualty & Surety Co., Defendants-Respondents.

Supreme Court of Idaho.

Rehearing Denied April 24, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thos. Y. Gwilliam, Nampa, for appellant.

Frank F. Kibler, Bruce O. Robinson, Nampa, for respondents.


McQUADE, Justice.

This case arises out of a proceeding in the small claims department of a justice court. Helen Pierce, defendant in the small claims proceeding and plaintiff herein, seeks damages from the justice of the peace and his surety for wrongful attachment. The parties will be referred to herein as they appeared in the wrongful attachment proceeding in district court, plaintiff and defendants.

B. M. Hayes sought a judgment of $100 and costs, the statutory...

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