Dungan v. Clark

This action was commenced in a justice’s court of Tulare County. The complaint was in two counts, one to recover one hundred and twenty-five dollars together with twenty-five dollars attorney’s fees on a promissory note, and the other to recover $53.99 for electrical power furnished to the defendant at his request.

The defendant filed a verified answer, setting up, as a defense to the action on the note that said note was delivered in consideration of the sale by plaintiff to defendant of a half interest in a pumping plant situated upon a described tract of land, and a like interest in a…