Easter v. Boyd

This was an action of assumpsit, brought by John D. Easter <fc Co., in the circuit court of Livingston county, against Joseph H. Boyd, upon three promissory notes executed by the latter, and payable to the former, one for $22.40, one for $50 and the other for $100.

Each of the notes contained the following provision : “If not paid when due, and the same is sued, ten dollars if sued in justice’s court, and twenty-five dollars if sued in district or circuit court, additional, to defray the expenses of plaintiff for his suing the same, to be entered up as a part of the judgment.”

Upon a trial of…