Deming v. Patterson

This was an action for work and labor and materials furnished, and to enforce a mechanic’s lien. The complaint was upon an account. ■ The answer was, first, a denial; secondly, that the work was done unskillfully, and the plaintiff had been paid as much as it was worth; thirdly, a set-off. The reply to the second paragraph is a denial, and that the work was done according to the contract between the plaintiff and defendant. To the third paragraph, the reply admitted most of the items, denying some.

Interrogatories were filed with the answer, to be answer*252ed by the plaintiff. The first point…