Bicknell v. Buck

Suit by the appellant, as administrator, against the appellee, on an account.

Answer: denial and payment. Trial by the court, and finding for the appellant, ninety-one dollars and twenty cents. He thought this was not enough, and therefore prepared his case and appealed to this court.

The first thing that the appellant complains of is the refusal of the court to allow him to prove the value of certain articles in his account filed with his complaint. The evidence proves that the appellee bought the articles at a sale for a specified bid. This fact shows that the articles were purchased at an…