Case v. . Pharis
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term oí the Supreme Oourt in the fourth judicial department, entered upon an order made January 29, 1885, which affirmed a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon the report of a referee. The nature of the action and the material facts are stated in die opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtFinch, J.
The pleadings in this case were very general in their form. The complaint alleged, among other things, that the defendant was indebted to the plaintiff for board furnished, to which the former answered by a denial, putting the claim at issue. The defendant further answered by setting up a counter-claim for board furnished by him to the plaintiff, to-which the latter replied with a denial. On this state of the pleadings, if nothing else had occurred, either party would have been at liberty, as against the other, to have resisted his adversary’s claim for board upon the ground that the…
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