Schriner v. Peters

This suit was commenced by appellant before a justice of the peace, to recover $15 for the service of a stallion for the season of 1889. A judgment being recovered for that sum, appellee prosecuted an appeal to the Circuit Court, where a trial resulted in a verdict, and judgment for $30 in favor of appellee on his counter-claim against appellant. There was no denial of the horse’s services for 1889, and the entire contention was over the counter-claim.

It appears from the evidence that in an exchange of lands made by the parties to the suit in May, 1888, appellant was to pay appellee a…