Deal v. C. E. Nix & Son, Inc.

This litigation was commenced when C. E. Nix & Son, Inc., the plaintiff, filed six warrants in debt in the Municipal Court of the City of Portsmouth against Noah Deal, the defendant. In each warrant, the plaintiff sought to recover the balance alleged to be due for fuel oil delivered to the specific address, stated in the warrant, of each of six properties owned by the defendant.

Five of the warrants were removed by the defendant to the Court of Hustings and their disposition resulted in the five appeals now before us. The sixth warrant was for an amount less than the removable limit and…