Wheeless v. Carter

Carter brought suit against Wheeless, in the county court of Berrien .county,.on a promissory note for $49.40, besides interest, on which was a credit for $8.32. The defendant filed a plea denying indebtedness on the note, and also pleaded set-off in the sum of $64.30, for which amount he prayed judgment. The judge of the county court, apparently without the intervention of a jury, rendered judgment for the plaintiff for the amount sued for. The defendant took the case by appeal to the superior court. When the case was called in that court counsel for Carter moved to. dismiss the appeal, on…