Robertson v. Brost

This was an action brought by appellee, Brost, to recover of appellant, Robertson, the sum of $197.77, the price of seven car loads of coal which Brost claimed to have sold and delivered to Robertson. The plaintiff recovered, and the defendant took this appeal, and asks a reversal of the judgment for several reasons.

The verdict in this case is by no means satisfactory. The evidence goes strongly to show that the sale of the coal was to one Joseph Foster, of Chicago.

The parties themselves are in direct variance in their testimony, but the facts and several items of written evidence are in…