Becker v. Denmure

Morris, C.

This suit was commenced before a justice of the peace of Dearborn county, to recover for work and labor alleged to have been performed by the appellee for the appellant. The appellee recovered before the justice, and the appellant appealed to the circuit court.

In the circuit court the appellant filed an answer to the complaint in three paragraphs:

1st. The general denial;

2d. Payment;

3d. That, on the 11th day of December, 1878, the appellant promised to pay the appellee $120 for the work specified in a written agreement filed with the answer; that the appel*148lee, in pursuance of said…