Alvord v. Essner

This was an action by the appellee, to recover of the appellant for money had and received and for work and labor. The complaint was in two paragraphs. The first alleged, in substance, that in the year 1862, the plaintiff enlisted as a soldier in the army of the United States, and while in the army he sent at various times to the appellant the sum of two hundred and sixty-nine dollars, which ’was received by appellant, who upon demand had refused to pay the same or any part of it, but had converted the same to his own use.

The second paragraph was for work and labor done and performed by…