Patterson v. Cook
Supreme Court of Alabama
Error to the Circuit court of Wilcox. Assumpsit on a promissory note. ■ The action, in this case, was brought in the County court, where judgment was rendered for defendants, on a plea of off-set, for one dollar and four cents. To reverse the judgment, the case was then taken, by writ of error, to the Circuit court, where the judgment was reversed, and the cause remanded to the County court.
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Error to the Circuit court of Wilcox. Assumpsit on a promissory note. ■ The action, in this case, was brought in the County court, where judgment was rendered for defendants, on a plea of off-set, for one dollar and four cents. To reverse the judgment, the case was then taken, by writ of error, to the Circuit court, where the judgment was reversed, and the cause remanded to the County court. A writ of error was then sued out returnable to this court, and the plaintiffs in error assigned the reversal as error. stated that the transcript of a verdict different from that inserted in the…
1Opinion of the CourtGoldthwaite, J.
— -The defendant in error, in this court, commenced his action in the County court of Wilcox county, against the plaintiffs in error, who pleaded the general issue and a set-off. The issues were submitted to a jury, who returned a verdict, which is thus entered in the minutes of the court: “upon their oaths do say, they find a verdict for the defendants, and assess their' damages at one dollar and four cents.” On this *68■ verdict, a judgment was rendered against the then plaintiff. for the sum so found, in favor of the then defendants. A writ of error was sued out to the Circuit court by the…
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