Seymour v. Bradfield

By the Court, Welles, J.

The action before the justice was brought by the plaintiff, as assignee of one Harlow Williams, to recover pay for boating a load of wheat for the defendants from Oswego to Port Byron. The boating of the *50wheat was done by Williams and one Davie. Davie assigned his interest in the claim by parol to Williams, who assigned it to the plaintiff. The summons before the justice was returnable on the 7th of April, 1857. On that day the parties appeared and joined issue. The trial was adjourned to the 17th day of April, at which time the parties again appeared before the…