Boyes v. Summers

This is an action by William. R. Summers and Albert B. Summers, partners doing business under the firm name of Summers Bros., against Hiram Boyes, under the provisions of section 15, chapter 32, Compiled Statutes, to recover the sum of $50 for failure to discharge a chattel mortgage. From a verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiffs for the above amount, defendant prosecutes error to this court.

At the commencement of the trial the defendant objected to the introduction of any evidence, on the ground that the petition did not state a cause of action. By the-objection it was intended to…