Bennett v. Hill

This action was tried in the Court of Common Pleas and comes here on exceptions. It is assumpsit for $300 for services rendered. The defendant pleaded first the general issue, and second a plea of set oil. The plea in set off sets up an indebtedness of the plaintiff to the defendant of $2,000 by promissory note and of $1,500 claimed under the common counts. The note is described as a note dated May 17,1880, subscribed “ George R. Bennett, Treas.,” payable to William F. Brooks, Agt. P. P. Co.,” four months after date, and indorsed to the defendant by Brooks by the signature, “ Providence…