Scott v. Kenton

Kenton sued Scott in December, 1873, before a justice of the peace, on an account for $182—$10 of which was for rails burnt by defendant, $9 for a steer, and the balance for use of a division fence between their farms, built by plaintiff, and for the use of which plaintiff claimed that defendant, in 1866, promised to pay him what it was worth. On appeal from the justice of the peace, in the county court of Edgar county, a verdict was rendered for plaintiff for $163, a motion for a new trial overruled, judgment on the verdict, and appeal taken to the circuit court of Edgar county, where, at…