Adler v. Rosen

A perusal of the record of this petty case shows that the real difference between the parties was never more than $35 on a bill of $193.70. The defendant was willing to accept and retain the goods (thirty-five pairs of shoes) at a deduction of one dollar per pair, and the plaintiff was willing to deduct $18, which deduction defendant refused to accept; and because of this difference the case has been dragged through two trials and comes here for the third. That the law permits this sort of litigation, may explain why this court in a state of considerably less than a million inhabitants has to…