Coons v. Drake

Mr. Presiding Justice Pleasants

delivered the opinion of the Court.

Appellant sued appellee before a justice of the peace for a balance alleged to be due on an account tor goods sold. On appeal it was tried without a jury, and the court found the issue and rendered judgment for the defendant for costs.

- Appellant’s claim was, and the evidence on his part tended to prove, that his family being about to move out of the residence they had been occupying and that of appellee to move in, the latter’s wife bought of him certain articles and at the prices following, viz,:

For a parlor carpet, a cooking…