Robson & Evans v. Weatherly Lumber Co.

The Weatherly Lumber Company brought suit on an accepted draft; and on the trial the judge, at the conclusion of the evidence, directed a verdict for the plaintiff. Error is assigned oil this direction of the verdict. The defendants admitted the execution of the acceptance and their apparent liability, but claimed, as a set-off, damages on account of the alleged breach of two previous contracts which they had made with the plaintiff. They had previously ordered shingles and ceiling from the plaintiff; and they alleged, in their plea of set-off, that after they had bought the shingles from the…