Bass v. Gobert

Mrs. Gobert as executrix of the will of Margaret M. Bass instituted an action against W. A. Bass, to recover a judgment on a promissory note for $565 principal, dated January 9, 1896, and due one day after date, having two credits thereon, one January 9, 1897, of $65.04, and the other January 9, 1898, of $55.30. Defendant denied indebtedness, and, in the nature of a set-off, pleaded that testatrix was, at the time of her death, indebted to him in the sum of $761.63, besides interest, on an open account, and prayed judgment for the excess in the amount of his account over his debt to the…