Jersey Island Dredging Co. v. Whitney

This action was brought by plaintiff to recover the sum of $550.45, alleged to be due it from defendant, for certain dredging work done by it on defendant's ranch at the head of San Pablo Bay, between the nineteenth and thirtieth days of September, 1900, at the agreed price of seventy dollars per day of twenty-two hours. Plaintiff had judgment for the full amount claimed, and defendant appeals from such judgment, and from an order denying his motion for a new trial.

Among other defenses, the defendant alleged that all claims of plaintiff on account of any dredging work had been fully…