Jahl v. Lewis

In the court below, the plaintiff Lewis filed his complaint against the defendant Jahl, praying for “judgment against the defendant for compensatory damages in the amount of $750.00, with interest thereon at eight per cent, per annum, from the eighteenth day of December, A. D. 1909, less fifty dollars, and for his costs herein; and that in addition thereto the plaintiff have judgment against the defendant for punitive damages in the sum *110of $500.00.” A summons was issued and served upon the defendant, which stated that the action was in the nature of an action for deceit, to recover the…