Stebbins v. Killeen

The respondent brought this suit against- the appellant, in a justice’s court, to recover the sum of $8.50, of which sum $5.50 was for goods sold and delivered, and $3 was for legal and professional advice. The defendant answered, in effect, that the goods were sold to him to apply on an account which he had against the firm of Brown & Gaffrey, the former owners of the stock of goods finally sold to the plaintiff, and that the plaintiff had assumed to pay it, and that he never had such legal advice. The issues were tried by a jury, and they found for the plaintiff $2.50. From the *683judgment of…