Quincy Showcase Works v. Briscoe

TEEHEE, C.

This appeal presents a question of pleading. In order to have a proper understanding of the matter involved, it is necessary to set forth the record requisite for that purpose.

In the trial court the parties appeared as they appear here. Plaintiff’s action against the defendant, filed on January 4, 1924, is based on a conditional sales contract, and is for a balance alleged to be due thereunder. The petition, omitting the caption, is as follows:

“Comes now the above named plaintiff, by H. P. White, its attorney, and for its cause of action against the defendants L. jay Briscoe and…