Cooper & Moss v. Hamilton

This was an action commenced by appellants before a justice of the peace of Peoria county, against appellee, to recover for professional services, to the amount of fifty dollars. On a trial before the justice, the jury found for the defendant, and a judgment was rendered in his favor. The case was removed to the circuit court by appeal, where a trial was had before the court and a jury, with a similar result. A motion for a new trial was entered and overruled, and the record brought to this court on appeal, and various errors are assigned.

It appears that appellee had resided in the city of…