Gaston v. Johnson

This action for possession of a-piano sold by plaintiff to defendant, in December, 1900, at stipulated price of one hundred and fifty dollars,, originated before a justice, and a jury trial on appeal in the circuit court resulted in a verdict for defendant', embodying a finding of its value at one hundred and. twenty-five dollars, and one dollar damages, upon which-judgment was rendered in her favor for its possession, or at her election, the recovery of that sum, the assessed value, and one dollar for taking and detention of the-property.

It was conceded that defendant was entitled to-credit…