11 Mo. 623 | Mo. | 1848
delivered the opinion of the Court.
John C. White brought an action against Henry Rhodes before a justice of the peace in Schuyler county on a promisory note, and having obtained judgment, Rhodes appealed to the Circuit Court, where judgment being again given against him, he has brought the case to this Court by writ of error.
By the bill of exceptions in the case, we are informed, that after the plaintiff had read the note sued upon, the defendant offered evidence to show that the note was given for the purchase of a clock, and that the vendor, White, had not at the time of the sale a license authorizing him to peddle or sell clocks, which evidence the court rejected, and the defendant excepted ; and there being no other evidence in the cause, the court, sitting as a jury, found for the plaintiff, and entered judgment. — • No motion was made for a new trial.
it lias repeatedly been held by this court, that a motion for a new trial must he made, thereby affording the Circuit Court an opportunity, if an
The judgment is affirmed.