Benton v. Craig

This was an action of assumpsit for money had and received by Benton, the defendant in the Circuit Court, for the use of Craig, the plaintiff, and for money laid' out and expended by the plaintiff for the defendant, at his request. Plea, non-assumpsit, and judgment for the plaintiff. To .reverse which judgment the defendant?, now plaintiff in error, ¿sues out this writ,.

*161On the trial of this cause in the Circuit Court, it was proved'that some time in the-year 1818, or at an earlier date, Craig-, employed Benton to attend to two law suits? for which business Craig paid him, through an agent,…