Rensenhouse v. Seeley

This is an action of assumpsit brought under section 4225, How. Stat., to recover money paid defendant as agent of the Fraternal Alliance, a corporation organized under the laws of the state of Illinois.

Suit was commenced by summons before a justice of the peace of St. Joseph county. The declaration was on the common counts in assumpsit. Plea, general issue, *605with notice of special matters of defense. Plaintiff recovered judgment in a justice’s court. Defendant appealed to the circuit court for St. Joseph county, where the cause was tried before the court without a jury, and defendant had…