Dayton Scales Co. v. Phelps

The plaintiff in error brought suit against the defendant before a justice of the peace of St. Clair county, Illinois, to recover the amount it claimed was due it on the purchase price of a scale sold by the plaintiff to the defendant. After several continuances the case was heard by the justice of the peace on the 18th day of April, 1928. The justice of the peace did not render his decision on the date of the hearing, but took the same under advisement until the 26th day of April, 1928, at which time he found for the plaintiff and assessed its damages at $32.

The plaintiff in error filed an…