Rothgerber v. Dupuy

This was an action brought by appellee, before a justice of the peace of Cook county, against appellant and John Milne, to recover for work and labor performed in the construction of a house.

Appellant, in the justice’s court, in abatement of the action, denied all joint liability with Milne, but on the trial in that court plaintiff recovered a judgment for $67.35 and costs. From this judgment an appeal was prosecuted to the circuit court of Cook county. The cause was tried in that court, when the jury found a verdict for the same amount.

A motion for a new trial was entered, but was overruled…