Mallers v. Crane Elevator Co.

This was an action in assumpsit, on the common counts, by appellee against appellant.

To the action the defendant interposed a plea of the' general issue, and a “ notice of set-off of ten thousand dollars on account of failure of plaintiff to furnish and provide elevators according to contract sued on,” as stated in the abstract. The abstract of the record furnishes no further information of the character of the suit, nor of the defense.

The index to the bill of exceptions shows that twelve separate witnesses testified on the trial, and their testimony ‘ covers about 550 pages of typewriting.…