Electric Railway Co. v. Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Complaint on account. Before Judge MacDonell. City court of Savannah. May term, 1895.
1Opinion of the Court
Atkinson, Justice.
The plaintiff sued the defendant for a balance due upon the purchase price of certain coal alleg’ed to have been delivered by the former to the latter. To this action the defendant pleaded, admitting the correctness of the plaintiff’s demand, and its liability in the first instance for the sum claimed. Further, it pleaded in substance, by way of recoupment, that it was engaged in running an electric railway; that in the generation of steam it was necessary for it to-have considerable quantities of coal; that under the contract previously made, and under which the coal sued…
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