American Tie & Timber Co. v. Washington

— The declaration filed December 5, 1910, by Sherman Washington in the Circuit Court for Suwannee County, was in the common counts for $248.00. On February 6, 1911, the defendant corporation filed two pleas, one of never was indebted, and the other a special pleas of set off with a bill of particulars attached. On May 9,1911, during a term of the court the plaintiff joined issue on the two pleas. Sec. 1447, Gen. Stats. A trial was had the same day in the absence of defendant’s counsel, and judgment for the plaintiff in $259.20, was rendered, to which the defendant took writ of error. The…