Sargent v. Sharp

This was an action for work and labor, commenced before a Justice of the Peace, by the plaintiff in error against the defendants in error, in which the plaintiff recovered judgment; from which the defendants appealed to the Circuit Court, where, upon submission to the Court without the intervention of a jury, judgment was rendered for the defendants; to reverse which the plaintiff prosecutes this writ. Two motions were made in the Circuit Court: First, to strike the cause from the docket; and second, to dismiss the appeal; both of which were overruled by the Court; in which, it is contended,…