Hood v. Cooledge

Hood sued Cooledge in the superior court of Eulton county for $58.89, alleged to be a balance due on an open account; the contention of Hood being (as disclosed in a later suit) tha.t Cooledge employed him to superintend a plumbing job and agreed to pay him “twenty-five per cent, on all fixtures and plumbing work,” and that there remained a balance of $58.89, due on said contract. Thereafter, and before the trial of Hood’s case in the superior court, Cooledge brought suit against Hood in the municipal court of Atlanta, alleging that Hood was due him $100 as overpayment on the same transaction…