Shriver v. Bowen

This suit was commenced before a justice of the peace, on an account as a cause of action, for nine dollars and a half.

The defendant answered hy way o± set-off, amounting to seventeen dollars, and claimed judgment in his favor against the plaintiff

Judgment before the justice for the plaintiff.

Appeal to the circuit court. Judgment in that court for the plaintiff for a fraction over eight dollars. This amounted, in effect, to a judgment against the defendant for a little over twenty-five dollars. This gave the Supreme Court jurisdiction at the time the appeal was taken, to wit, June 18th, 1876.…