Mooney v. Musser

This suit was brought by the appellees to recover a balance upon an account stated, which it was alleged had accrued to them as factors of the appellants, for *374advancements made upon certain large quantities of leather consigned to them by the appellants for sale.

The appellants answered in three paragraphs, first, by general denial; second, by counter claim; third, by set-off. The second paragraph is, in substance, that the plaintiffs were acting as factors of the defendants and as such had in their possession a large quantity of the defendants’ leather, to wit, twelve thousand pounds, and of…