Kehoe v. Patton

This is an action of assumpsit to recover the amount of a debt, and costs in obtaining judgment thereon, due and owing from one, Peter Doyle, to the plaintiff, and amounting to $214, and the costs to $4.25, and which debt and costs, it is alleged, the defendant promised said Doyle to pay as part of the consideration for a deed of land made by said Doyle to the defendant.

From the evidence, I find the facts to be, that said Doyle was indebted to the plaintiff in the sum of $214, that being so indebted the plaintiff brought suit against him and recovered judgment for said amount and for costs…