Michels v. West

Mr. Presiding Justice Bigelow

delivered the opinion of the court.

This case was brought by plaintiff in error against defendant in error, before a justice of the peace of Edwards county, and was appealed by defendant in error to the County Court of that county, where a trial was had before a jury, resulting in a verdict and judgment in favor of the defendant in that court, and the plaintiff has brought the case here by writ of error, and the parties will be designated here as “ plaintiff ” and “ defendant,” the same as in the lower courts.

About the first of June, 1901, the parties made a verbal…