Ladd v. Reed

R. M. Reed, doing business as Athens Box & Basket Company, has appealed from an order granting plaintiff W. C. Ladd’s motion to strike defendant Reed’s- “amended notice of plea of recoupment.”

Ladd, a combustion engineer, doing business as W. C. Ladd Company at Grand Rapids, Michigan, sought recovery of a balance of $400 due him for work, labor, and materials furnished to defendant. On January 22, 1945, Reed addressed three letters to Ladd. In the first, plaintiff was authorized to furnish “all necessary labor for the completion and erection of stack and installing grates and other necessary…