Johnson v. Rycroft

The plaintiff in error excepts to the grant of a nonsuit. It appears perfectly plain to us that the nonsuit was' properly" granted. Johnson sued Eycroft for. $175.86 and interest. The petition alleged, that during 1906 he had in his employ one Charley. Coffee, as a laborer, and advanced to him money and other items, which.exceeded his labor by the sum of $175.86, as shown by an itemized account attached to the petition; that on November 29 Eycroft wrote a letter to the plaintiff, agreeing to pay Coffee’s account if the plaintiff would write and let him know the amount; and the plaintiff…