Grier Commission Co. v. Dockstader

The main question arising on this appeal is the correctness of the ruling of the court in compelling defendant to elect between two defenses, set up in his answer. The petition seeks to recover a balance claimed to be due plaintiff from the defendant on an account for goods purchased and for goods sold to him and for him. The answer contains, first, a general denial; second, the affirmative defense that the balance sued for is the result of wagering contracts in grain, known as options and futures, which are prohibited by law; third, that the plaintiff, as defendant’s agent in these…