Epperly v. Little

Little sued Epperly, on the 9th of March, 1853, in the Wayne Court of Common Pleas, in an action of assumpsit. The declaration contains two counts, one on a note for 700 dollars, and the other for money paid, 200 dollars. The damages in the conclusion of the declaration were laid at 1,500 dollars.

The defendant moved to dismiss the suit for the want of jurisdiction, and the plaintiff moved to amend his declaration, which was allowed, and he amended by stating the damages at 1,000 dollars; whereupon the Court refused the defendant’s motion to dismiss-the suit. The defendant then moved to…