Underhill v. Shea

This action was originally instituted before a justice of the peace. It was founded upon a promissory note, dated November 3, 1883, due seven months after date, for the sum of $122.50, with interest from date at the rate of ten per cent. The docket of the justice contains, among others, the following entry: “January 20, 1885, 10 o’clock A.M., summons returned. Parties appeared. Defendants offered to confess judgment to the sum of $84.25 and costs to date. Plaintiff refused to' accept.”

The cause was adjourned to a later date, when a *155jury trial was had, resulting in a verdict in favor of…