Kincaid v. Griffith

This suit was brought before a justice to revive a judgment for $49.50. It was appealed to *674the circuit court, and, on a trial there, the court, over defendant’s objection, permitted plaintiff to read the following affidavit:

"WILLIAM C. KINCAID, Plaintiff, v. "AMANDA GRIFFITH, Defendant.

“Judgment before James P. Dickinson, justice of the peace, for plaintiff, rendered on the twenty-eighth of January, 1888, for $49.50, against defendant.

“William 0. Kincaid, the plaintiff, being sworn, on his oath says that no part of said judgment has ever been paid to the plaintiff, or to any other person…