Kohl v. Lindley

This was an action originally commenced before a justice of the peace, and taken by appeal to the Circuit Court of Sangamon county. The suit was brought to recover for hay sold by plaintiff in error to the defendants.

The cause was submitted to the court for trial without the intervention of a jury. On the trial of the cause, the plaintiff, to maintain the issue on his part, introduced, as a witness, Nicholas Our, who testified that, as agent for defendants, who were partners, he was sent by them to purchase the hay of the plaintiff; that he went to the plaintiff on the farm where the hay was;…