Angus v. Foster

This suit was brought by appellant on two

promissory notes executed by appellee to appellant.

Appellee pleaded non assumpsit and set-off. On the trial the notes were admitted without objection, the contest being upon the claim of set-off. The jury returned a verdict in favor of appellee for $1.83. A motion for new trial was overruled, and a judgment was entered upon the verdict.

In the spring of 1882 appellee, as tenant, took possession of appellant’s farm for a term of five years. The farm was at the time in rather bad condition, and appellee’s claim for set-off was for hauling building…