Cook v. Hedges

Cook sued Hedges in debt before a justice of the peace. The cause was taken by appeal to the Circuit Court. The cause of action filed before the justice was the following writing, signed by the defendant: “Mr. James Cook, I will pay you for Mr. William Roberts $22.50, out of the first draft I may receive from the post office department; the money shall be taken out of the drafts sent on against the postmaster at Gosheri.” On motion of the defendants, the Circuit Court dismissed the suit, at the plaintiff's costs, for want of a sufficient cause of action.

- We think the decision was erroneous.…