Boyett v. . Vaughan

This is a case on rehearing the cause which was adjudicated by this court at the June term, 1878, and to be found reported in 79 N. C., 528.

It was an action brought before a justice of the peace in the county of Halifax. The plaintiff in his complaint before the justice claimed $105 for lumber sold the defendant. The defendant in his answer set up by way of counter-claim a debt due him by plaintiff, evidenced by a note of $200. There was judgment given by the justice against the plaintiff for $69.13, the excess of the counter-claim over the plaintiff’s demand. The plaintiff appealed to the…