Slinkard v. Jordan

Plaintiff in error commenced an action in the court of a justice of the peace in Arapahoe county on his claim against defendant for work and labor allegedly performed by him for and at the request of defendant. Pursuant to a motion filed on behalf of defendant, the justice of the peace, after hearing the testimony presented on behalf of plaintiff, dismissed the action; whereupon plaintiff appealed the case to the county court, where defendant filed a somewhat similar, but more extensive, motion for dismissal, which was granted by said county court and judgment entered in favor of defendant.

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