Baker v. Carr

Bicknell, C. C.

In this case the appellee claimed $126.85 for sawing 31,713 feet of ash lumber for the appellant, at $4 a thousand. The defendant answered in two paragraphs, to wit:

1. A general denial.

2. That in August, 1883, the plaintiff and defendant had a settlement of all accounts, upon which the defendant was found indebted to the plaintiff in' the sum of $8, which he paid before the commencement of this suit.

The plaintiff replied in two paragraphs, viz.:

1. A denial.

2. Admitting a settlement, but alleging that it did not embrace the account sued on.

A jury found a verdict for the…