74 Mo. App. 34 | Mo. Ct. App. | 1898
— This suit originated before a justice of the peace on the following account:
Purdy, Mo., Jan. 19th, 1897.
W. Gh Haynes to Jed Carlin, Dr.
To 186 bushels and 21 lbs. wheat at 80 cents per bushel, May 27th, 1895.................................................$149.00
To interest on same from May 27th, 1895....................... 14.00
To money loaned December 7th, 1895......................... 50.00
To interest on same.......................................... 3.25
$217.15
After taking a change of venue the defendant filed a counterclaim of $140 for chopped feed, drayage and hauling, and for accounts assigned by the defendant to plaintiff. Plaintiff recovered judgment before the justice, from which defendant appealed to the circuit court. In the circuit court the cause was tried before the court without a jury. Plaintiff again recovered judgment, from which, after an unsuccessful motion for new trial defendant appealed.
On the trial the defendant admitted that he purchased $149 worth of wheat on May 27, 1895, and