Shore v. Powell

Robinson, Judge:

Shore sued Powell before a justice of the peace for the recovery of an amount claimed to be due on a store account Defendant did not appear to the action before the justice; and judgment was there rendered against him. He appealed the case to the circuit .court. When it was called in that forum defendant simply pleaded that he did not owe the claim, and both parties announced themselves ready for trial. During the trial before a jury, plaintiff excepted to the admission of testimony to the fact that defendant had paid plaintiff before the suit was brought one hundred dollars…