Omaha Crockery Co. v. Cleaver

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

The plaintiff, a Nebraska corporation, brought this action before a justice of the peace, for the price of a small consignment of crockery which it had sold and delivered *643to the defendants, who were partners in a variety store in Mankato.

One of the defendants answered with a cross-claim for $2,633.45 as damages, alleging that, in a similar shipment received from plaintiff a few weeks earlier, she had been poisoned by the wrappings in which the crockery had been shipped, and had' sustained damages in loss of health, and for doctor’s bills,…