Dawson v. Coppock

E. W. Coppock sued C. E. Dawson in the district court of Ottawa county for $636.25, his claim arising on a written contract relating to the sale- of a lease on certain real property i-n the city of Miami. Plaintiff filed a motion to strike certain paragraphs of defendant’s answer, which was sustained in part by the trial court. Defendant elected to stand on his pleadings, and judgment was entered in fav- or of plaintiff in the sum of $542, and defendant appealed to this court. Plaintiff filed no cross-appeal.

The record shows that one Bruce R. Sexton was the owner of a certain lease on lots 1,…