Sowers v. Ingram

This was an action instituted in the circuit court of Nodaway county to recover $500 damages for breach of contract of lease. There was a verdict for the plaintiff for the sum of $1, and judgment was entered against the defendant for said sum, and for all costs. Section 996 of the Revised Statutes provides, that where the plaintiff’s claim has not been reduced by set-off', and he shall recover an amount below the jurisdiction of the court, the costs shall be adjudged against him, “unless the court shall be of opinion from the evidence that the plaintiff had, at the time of the commencement of…