Lanier v. Bryant

The question whether in a suit for land and mesne profits the defendant or defendants might be entitled to set off against the claim for mesne profits amounts paid for taxes or repairs is not really involved in the present case, since the defendants failed to introduce or even to offer evidence as to the amounts expended for these purposes. But, as the question has *416been discussed in the foregoing special concurrence, the writer is inclined to make some reference to it, and to call attention to certain principles which are deemed to be applicable. In Harper v. Durden, 177 Ga. 216 (170 S. E.…