Peerson v. Johnson & Johnson

The appeal is from the judgment of the trial court overruling the defendant’s motion for a new trial.

The grounds of the motion are: (1) That the verdict was contrary to the evidence; and (2) that the verdict was for $105.76, and therefore erroneous as being in excess of the ■ jurisdiction of a justice ’of the peace, plaintiff having recovered judgment for $100 in justice’s court, and the cause being on appeal therefrom in the circuit court.

1. The action is brought by an insurance agency on an account for a balance due for premiums paid by the plaintiff agency for defendant on fire insurance…