Brady's adm'r v. Hill & Keese

This was an action of assumpsit, brought by Hill & Keese, plaintiffs in the Court below, for work and labor done for the defendant, &c. Plea, non-assumpsit, and notice of set-off. The notice was in these words: “the defendant gives notice to the plaintiffs, that on the trial of this cause he will claim a set-off for five thousand dollars, for lots in the town of Harrisonville, in the State of Illinois, for goods, wares and merchandise, for money lent and advanced, and for money paid, laid out and expended, by the defendant for the plaintiffs, before that time, sold and delivered, done and…