Loranger v. Jardine

This suit was an action of assumpsit, brought in justice’s court for a balance due on account. The plaintiff filed a bill of items containing the account on both sides, and claimed a balance due him from the defendant of $42.80. Upon the trial the defendant did not appear or plead before the justice, and plaintiff obtained judgment for the amount of his claim. Defendant appealed to the circuit court for the county of Wayne, when the cause was again tried by the circuit judge, and judgment again rendered for the plaintiff.-' Defendant, on the trial at the circuit, contested the-vplaintiff’s…