Hyatt v. Mavity

The appellee, who was plaintiff below filed his complaint in three paragraphs, first, that his decedent, on the 22d day of August, 1864, deposited with appellant’s decedent, six hundred dollars in cash, and that the same is due and unpaid; second, that on the same day there was placed in his hands three notes of thirteen hundred dollars, which he agreed to account for, but did not; the third paragraph is for a horse and cow, worth one hundred and seventy dollars. The defendant filed a written motion to dismiss the suit because the complaint shows on its face that it is a claim against the…