Malleable Iron Range Co. v. Caffey

This is a suit by the Malleable Iron Range Company seeking to recover $350.81 as the alleged balance due on a note in the principal sum of $1221.38. The plaintiff further claims ten per cent, attorney’s fees. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for one dollar and costs. A motion for new trial was overruled, and the plaintiff excepted. It is contended that the verdict was not authorized by the evidence, and that the testimony of the defendant himself definitely established that he owed at least the sum of $62.73, It appears from the brief of evidence that the plaintiff…