Walter v. . Earnhardt

This was an action begun before a justice of the peace to obtain the possession of a certain note given by the plaintiff to the defendant. The note was originally for $350. Later $200 was credited thereon. There was some dispute between the parties as to the balance due on a settlement of accounts, and the plaintiff testified that the defendant and he made a compromise by which the defendant would take $25 off the note if the plaintiff would pay the balance. They made a calculation, he says, and found that, including the interest, the balance due on the note was $160.15, and thereupon he paid…