Harrison v. Doyle
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL PROM COUNTY COURT, MILWAUKEE COUNTY. This is' an action brought to recover a demand claimed to be due on a contract, of $813 86, per balance due for wages as master of the appellant’s vessel, and for monies paid out and expended.
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APPEAL PROM COUNTY COURT, MILWAUKEE COUNTY. This is' an action brought to recover a demand claimed to be due on a contract, of $813 86, per balance due for wages as master of the appellant’s vessel, and for monies paid out and expended. The defendant denied the indebtedness alleged in the complaint,and set up a counter claim of $2,Ml 49 •with interest from 13th day of April, 1855, balance for fares and freights collected by the plaintiff for supplies, wages and expenses of running vessel, furnished and paid by the appellant, and alleged that the same amounted to $3,846 44, after deducting…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Cole, J.
We can perceive no valid ground for disturbing this judgment, for, although the evidence as presented by the record, is somewhat confused, as to the true state of the accounts between the parties, still, it is plain to be seen that there was testimony given on the trial which fully supports the verdict of the jury. The respondent himself was sworn, and testified as to the true state of the account between him and the appellant. He stated, in substance, upon this point, that he kept an accurate account of the expenses of the vessel, from the time he took charge of her, in…
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