Guthrie v. Olson

Plaintiff sued defendant before a justice of the peace, and made an oral complaint, which, as entered by the justice in his docket, alleged “that the defendant is indebted to him in the sum of one dollar and fifty cents, for services to defendant in looking up title to property in the fall of 1883.” Defendant objected to it as not stating facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action. The objection was overruled, and, there being no answer, the justice, after hearing plaintiff’s evidence, rendered judgment for the plaintiff, which, on appeal to the district court on questions of law alone,…