Raisch v. Sausalito Land & Ferry Co.

The plaintiff brought this action in the justice’s court to recover from the defendant the sum of two hundred and ninety-nine dollars, alleging in his complaint that his assignor had entered into a contract with the defendant for the doing of certain work in improving a street in Sausalito, and that the defendant had agreed to pay the above sum therefor. The defendant answered the complaint by a general denial, and also pleaded, as a separate defense, a former judgment in its favor upon 'the same cause of action. The cause was tried in the justice’s court and judgment rendered in favor of the…