Ashland Land & Live Stock Co. v. Woodford
Ashland Land & Live Stock Co. v. Woodford
Opinion of the Court
The defendant in error, Woodford, as plaintiff in the district court for Saunders county, alleged as his cause
“Eleven Woodford,
“To the Ashland Land & Live Stock Co.
Ur.
To interest in crop for 1891, as per agreement. .$250 00
To money advanced per check................. 14 00
$264 00
*120 Cr.
By 211 bushels corn................. $55 90
By 51 tons hay...................... 153 25
By error in number of acres described in lease............................. 9 50
-$218 65
“Balance, for which judgment was demanded ............................ $15 35”
To the counter-claim so made there was no reply; hence the statement of the account therein must be taken as true. If we add to the sum with which the plaintiff is there credited the full amount claimed in his petition, to-wit, $101, we find he was entitled to a credit of $322.65 and that he was chargeable with the sum of $261. He was, in other words, according to the most favorable construction of the pleadings, entitled to judgment in the sum of $58.65 only, whereas a verdict was returned in his favor for-the full amount claimed, upon which judgment was subsequently entered over the objection of the defendant company.
The foregoing statement renders unnecessary an examination of the other assignments, particularly in view of the fact that they present questions of practice only and it is not apparent that the determination thereof would materially assist the district court in a second trial of the cause. The judgment complained of being unsupported by the pleadings, the cause is reversed and remanded for further proceedings in the district court.
Reversed.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- Ashland Land & Live Stock Company v. Eleven Woodford
- Status
- Published