Crown Point Iron Co. v. Fitzgerald

The return of the justice shows that the plaintiff appeared by Mr. Reed, who was not sworn as to his authority. But Mr. Myers also appeared as a witness, and he testified: “I am manager of the Crown Point Iron Company’s lake store; I have charge of their books; there appears by the books of the lake store that there is due from the defendant to the plaintiffs the sum of $70.59; I have looked over the account with the defendant, and he acknowledged the account to be correct and agreed to pay the same.” The defendant did not appear. The justice rendered judgment for the plaintiff for $70.59 and…