H. C. Mahrt Co. v. Hyman-Hall Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Reavis, J.

Appellant commenced an action in the superior court of King county to recover the sum of $691, claimed as a balance due from respondent. Respondent answered admitting the indebtedness alleged by appellant, but averred an accounting between appellant and respondent, and also set up as a counterclaim a breach of contract between appellant and respondent, and claimed damages in the sum of $1,000.

The appellant is a wholesale manufacturer and dealer in cigars and tobacco at Dayton, Ohio, and respondent was a broker and dealer in cigars in Seattle.…