Cavenaugh v. Titus
Wisconsin Supreme Court
This was an action of assumpsit tried before a justice of the peace where judgment was rendered against the plaintiff, the present plaintiff in error, for costs; whereupon the plaintiff appealed to the Circuit Court, where, on motion, the action was dismissed for alleged irregularity in taking the appeal. The opinion of the court contains a full statement of the facts in the case.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Smith, J.
This was an action of assumpsit, brought by the present plaintiff in error, against the present defendant in error, before a justice of the peace of Marquette county, for work and labor, claiming $83.
The statement of the cause of action was oral, for work and *144labor. Tbe defendant pleaded tbe general issue, witb notice of special matter.
Tbe justice, upon tbe bearing before bim, rendered judgment against tbe plaintiff for costs; from wbicb be appealed to tbe Circuit Court.
At tbe March term of tbe Circuit Court, 1856, tbe attorney for the defendant moved tbe court, “to…
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