Doggett v. Jordan
Supreme Court of Florida
Error to Leon County Circuit Court. This was an action of assumpsit, brought by Jordan against John B. Doggett and Henry Doggett, in the Circuit Court of Leon County, claiming the sum of one thousand dollars, for services as an overseer, alleged to have been rendered the defendants in the years 1843 and 1844, at a plantation in Leon County, called the Black Creek plantation.
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Error to Leon County Circuit Court. This was an action of assumpsit, brought by Jordan against John B. Doggett and Henry Doggett, in the Circuit Court of Leon County, claiming the sum of one thousand dollars, for services as an overseer, alleged to have been rendered the defendants in the years 1843 and 1844, at a plantation in Leon County, called the Black Creek plantation. Henry Doggett was not served with process, but the plaintiff, under the provision of the j'udiciary act of this State, elected to proceed against John B. Doggett, who was served. The cause was tried before the Hon. Thomas…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Chief Justice Douglas:
This suit was instituted in the Leon Circuit Court by Marcellus Jordan, the plaintiff in the Court below, against John B. Doggett, the plaintiff in error, and Henry Doggett, against whom summous ad respondendum issued, which was returned by the sheriff endorsed in these words : “ Executed by serving a copy hereof on John B. Dog-gett — Henry Doggett does not-reside in this County.”
The declaration contains several counts in assumpsit, all in the usual form, upon a claim for services charged to have been rendered by the said Marcellus Jordan to the said John B.…
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