Carpenter v. Newland

This is an action by an administrator against the defendant to recover on a promissory note made by the defendant and payable to the order of plaintiff’s intestate. The defendant included in his answer a counterclaim for professional services as a physician, rendered by the defendant to plaintiff’s intestate. The plaintiff replied to the aforesaid counterclaim, setting forth the formal matters relating to the granting of letters of administration to the plaintiff, etc., and that on or about the 30th day of July, 1914, the defendant served an itemized statement of his claim for professional…