Bleak v. MacHen

Opinion op the Court by

Stanley, Commissioner—

Reversing.

The practice of this case has been unfair to the litigants and to the courts. The circuit court delivered two opinions in the course of the trial pointing out the erroneous methods of pleading and practice and referring to the confusion and absence of proof on material matters. Most of the evidence was incompetent, but exceptions were filed to one item only and that was not ruled on.

Lee Bleak, who seems to have been a general utility man in the building trade, borrowed $350 from his half brother, Bob Machen, in March, 1931, with which to…