Butler v. Randall

Edgar L. Butler, plaintiff in error, "brought assumpsit in the Warren Circuit Court against William Randall, defendant in error, to recover $171.14, claimed to be due for work and labor. Randall interposed the general issue and a plea of set-off, and filed therewith an account against Butler amounting to §51,917.39. Issues were formed and the causes by agreement of parties referred, under the provisions of the statute, to three referees, to report their conclusions of law and fact At a subsequent term plaintiff in error sought to dismiss his suit, but the court refused to permit him so to do.

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