Criss v. Bailey

The appellee, J. Russell Bailey, d/b/a/ Bailey’s Store, filed suit in the justice of the peace court in Yalobusha County against Dr. Tyler Criss on an open account for the sum of $167.50, principal, and $19.87, interest, being the balance due on one washing machine sold and delivered to the appellant on November 15, 1957. The case was tried in the justice of the peace court before a jury *132on August 7, 1959, and the jury returned a verdict for the defendant. From the judgment against him the plaintiff prosecuted an appeal to the circuit court.

After the papers were filed in the circuit court,…