Rucker v. Steelman

— The appellee’s complaint against appellant is for the recovery of the possession of real estate, and is in the ordinary form. The answer of the appellant is in three paragraphs:

The first is a general denial.

The second and third set up affirmative defences by way of counter-claim.

Demurrers were sustained to the second and third paragraphs, and we are required, by the assignment of errors and the brief of counsel, to consider the questions presented by these rulings.

The material allegations of the second paragraph, exhibited in a condensed form, are substantially these : On the 21st day of…