Buice v. McCrary

Buice sued McCrary in a justice’s court upon an account for 7,661 feet of lumber, at $10 per thousand feet, furnished at various dates from June 15 to December 27, 1888. The case was appealed by defendant to the superior court, where he pleaded not indebted, and that before the bringing of the suit he sued plaintiff’ on a note, claiming $46 principal, and plaintiff’ in defence of this suit filed a plea of set-off in which he claimed as due him for lumber, three items, one of which was the item, “November 24, 1888, lumber, $13.42”; and judgment was obtained against plaintiff' for $23.30…