Richards v. Noyes
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Sauk County. This appeal was taken by the defendant from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtTaylor, J.
This is an action to recover upon an account for board, lodging and washing, which had been running for several years. The defendant claimed that he owed the plaintiff nothing. The jury found a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $436. The defendant appeals, and alleges for error that on the trial the court permitted the plaintiff, as a witness on his own behalf, to answer the following question: “How much did he propose to pay?” Answer: “He proposed to give me $300 or $350. He sent me a note to that effect. That was after he put the suit over the last term.” The question was objected to on…
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