De Camp v. Stevens

This is an action of assumpsit, brought by-Stevens against the De Camps, on an account. The case originated before a justice of the peace; antean appeal from the judgment of the justice, in favour of the plaintiff, was taken by the defendants to the Circuit Court. In that Court judgment was rendered, on the verdict of a jury, for the plaintiff. During the trial, in the Circuit Court, certain instructions were given to the jury, on the alleged incorrectness of which, and the refusal to grant a new trial, the defendants ask a reversal of the judgment.

The material item in the account of the…