Britton v. Fox

This action was commenced by the appellees against the appellant and one Ingersoll, before a justice of the peace, on a promissory note, made payable to Cheney and Nichols. There does not- appear in the transcript of the justice of the peace any complaint other than the note itself. There is no indorsement of it to the plaintiffs shown. The cause was tried by jury, before the justice of the peace, and the jury returned a verdict, finding for the plaintiffs, but not assessing any damaged, or ascertaining the amount due on the note. The defendant Rachel Britton appealed to the circuit court,…