Rice v. Goodridge
Supreme Court of Colorado
Appeal from County Court of Arapahoe County. The appellees, Goodridge & Marfell, brought suit before a justice of the peace against the appellant, Rice, to recover upon a bill for lime furnished by said firm upon the order of one I. 1ST. Marcy.
Read the full summary
Appeal from County Court of Arapahoe County. The appellees, Goodridge & Marfell, brought suit before a justice of the peace against the appellant, Rice, to recover upon a bill for lime furnished by said firm upon the order of one I. 1ST. Marcy. The original amount of the bill was $226.50, but it appeared to have been reduced to a balance of $169.50 by two payments credited thereon as made by the defendant, one of $25 and the other of $32. The justice rendered judgment in favor of the plaintiffs for the sum of $135.60, from which judgment the defendant appealed to the county court. On trial in…
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, C. J.
The trial in the county court being de novo, and there being no written pleadings in the case, we must depend upon the proceedings had on that trial for the respective theories of the plaintiffs and defendant as to the basis of the right of recovery on the one side, and the defense thereto on the other.
The first error assigned relates to the admission of incompetent and irrelevant testimony. This assignment is not specific, as required by our rules, and we will therefore notice only such objections raised in the argument as relate to the basis and right of recovery. Colorado Cent. R. Co. v.…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Hanna v. BarkerSupreme Court of Colorado · 1882
- Colorado Central R. R. v. SmithSupreme Court of Colorado · 1879
3Cited by1 opinion
- Doggett v. DoggettSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1921