Rice v. Manford

In this case appellee sued appellant before a justice of the peace, of Jefferson county, upon an open account for goods sold and delivered by him to appellant, at his instance and request. The trial of the cause before the justice resulted in a verdict and judgment for appellee. On an appeal to the court below, the cause was there tried by a jury, and a general verdict was returned for appellee, the plaintiff below. With their general verdict the jury also returned into court their special findings upon particular questions of fact, submitted to them by the parties under the direction of the…