Felt v. Felt
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Sauk County. This action was commenced before B. L. Purdy, Esq., a justice of the peace; and on the 21st of September, 1862, the justice’s docket states that plaintiff “ declared orally on a note given by defendant to plaintiff, dated Eairfield, June 9, 1862, and demanded judgment on the same for $100.” The defendant answered, and after trial had, judgment was rendered in plaintiff’s favor for $100 damages.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Sauk County. This action was commenced before B. L. Purdy, Esq., a justice of the peace; and on the 21st of September, 1862, the justice’s docket states that plaintiff “ declared orally on a note given by defendant to plaintiff, dated Eairfield, June 9, 1862, and demanded judgment on the same for $100.” The defendant answered, and after trial had, judgment was rendered in plaintiff’s favor for $100 damages. On appeal to the circuit court, the plaintiff, at the trial, offered in evidence a note made by defendant to him for $600, with interest, payable July 1,…
1Opinion of the Court
At the June term, 1863, this court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court, and the following opinion was filed :
By the Court,
Paiíte, J.
This action was commenced before a justice of the peace, on a promissory note, the plaintiff claiming one hundred dollars damages. The justice gave *196judgment for the plaintiff, and the defendant appealed to the circuit court. On the trial, the plaintiff offered a note in evidence, for the sum of six hundred dollars, on which there were no credits or payments indorsed. There was a memorandum on the "back, made by the justice, showing the date when it was…
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