Rudolph v. Lane

The appellee, as plaintiff, sued the appellant, as defendant, before a justice of the peace of Cass county, in this State, upon the following cause of action:

“ Daniel A. Rudolph to Sampson G. Lane, Dr.

“To cash loaned him on the 5th day of April, 1870, at Kokomo, Indiana . . . . $125 00

“ Interest on same, at six per cent, per annum . 28 75

“ Total . $153 75”

*116There was a judgment by default, before the justice, for the full amount of the claim, from which judgment an appeal was duly taken to the court below. The cause was tried by the court, without a jury, on the 2d day of December, 1875, and a…