Saum v. La Shell
Saum v. La Shell
Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
This was an action brought before a justice of the peace of Norton county by G. B. La Shell against Charles M. Saum, in which the plaintiff by his bill of particulars claimed $160. The defendant filed a bill of particulars in which he neither admitted nor denied anything stated in the plaintiff’s bill of particulars, but showed a claim against the plaintiff and in his own favor for $65. The case, after passing through the justice’s court and by appeal into the district court was tried before the court and a jury, and a verdict was rendered in favor of the plaintiff and against the defendant for $26.25. The defendant then filed a motion asking that all the costs made in the case after the return of the summons in the justice’s court should be taxed against the plaintiff, for the reason that after the issuing of the summons the defendant had tendered to the plaintiff an amount greater than the amount of the verdict and the costs which had accrued at the time of the tender, and also that he had offered in writing to confess judgment for that amount, which tender and offer the plaintiff refused, which motion was overruled by the court, and judgment was then rendered in favor of the plaintiff and against the defendant for the amount of the verdict and for costs of suit; and afterward the defendant, as plaintiff in error, brought the case to this court.
The only question presented to this court for consideration is, whether the court below erred or not in rendering judgment for costs against the defendant. We cannot say that any such error was committed. It does not appear that the defendant ever offered in writing or otherwise to confess judgment in favor of the plaintiff and against himself for any amount, or that he was even willing to do so, or that
The judgment of the court below will be affirmed.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- Charles M. Saum v. G. B. La Shell
- Status
- Published