Houston v. Ladies' Union Branch Ass'n

1. The verdict being manifestly right and the one that could result from the pleadings and evidence, it was no:, error for the court, v/hen the jury were about to consider of ihci/ verdict to say, “You can retire if you wish to do so,” nor to p« ml an officer to them a few minutes after they had retired, with instructions to inquire “what was the difficulty.”

2. Where an association sues its former treasurer and her aiiorney for money-due it, the treasurer cannot set off against the plaintiff’s demand damages and expenses resulting from a malicious prosecution for embezzling the funds in her…