Webb v. Jeffries
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 54 — PETITION ORDINARY APPEAL PROM PAYETTE CIRCUIT COURT. CITED— Code, sec. 887, 891, 904. 18 B. M., 60; Francis vs. Francis. Myers’ Sup., 488.
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE ROBERTSON
delivered the opinion op the court:
As in a common law action of indebitatus assumpsit for goods, wares, and merchandise, the appellees, merchants in the city of Cincinnati, sued the appellant of the city of Lexington, by petition ordinary, conformably with our Code of Practice, for an alleged balance of $620 of a long account for “ merchandise,” without any specification of the articles sold. The petition was filed on the 21st of November, 1866, and exhibited that general account as the only basis of the action. Before answer or appearance, a long bill of particulars, occupying…
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