Thompson v. Stone

The plaintiff in error commenced this action before a justice of the peace in Kingman county, Kansas, to recover a judgment against the defendants in error on a promissory note. Upon the trial the court rendered j udgment in favor of plaintiff in error for $166 and interest. The defendants in error appealed. At the convening of the district court the defendant in error, Stone, asked leave to file an answer and cross-petition, which was granted. The answer and cross-petition thus filed set up a demand against the plaintiff in error in the sum of $553, for which he prayed judgment. The…