Crumm v. Allen & Co.

The certiorari was overruled. It appears from the pcti+ion, which'is verified by the magistrate’s answer, that the defendant, a corporation, was sued in a justice’s court, upon an open account. It filed a plea, denying indebtedness, and this plea was verified by the oath of J. P. Allen, who swore that he was authorized to file the plea and was familiar with the facts therein stated. The judgment of the magistrate was in favor of the plaintiff. The defendant entered an appeal to a jury in the justice’s court. The appeal and bond were signed, “ J. P. Allen & Co., per J. P. Allen, Secretary.”…