Parkison v. Boyle

The plaintiff is appellant from a judgment in his favor, condemning the defendants to pay him, in solido, the sum of $420, in discharge of the claim set up in his petition. This judgment was rendered on the verdict of a jury, and after an ineffectual attempt to obtain a new trial. The plaintiff complains, that the jury did not give him a verdict for the whole amount of his demand, which, he contends, is sufficiently established by the evidence-

This action is brought on an account for fees and expenses amounting to $1157, alleged to be due to the plaintiff, as Sheriff of the parish of West…