Raney v. White

POPE, Justice.

The point in this suit is whether defendant’s counterclaim for an offset against the plaintiff’s action for damages was barred by limitations as held by the trial court. R. L. White, appellee, commenced this suit on July 31, 1940. He sued R. J. Raney for the reasonable rental value of a ranch on which Raney was a hold-over tenant for a period of four months. In his petition, White alleged on information and belief that Raney made some character of a claim as an offset against the rental he owed. The defendant, Raney, filed a plea of privilege and plaintiff, White, in his…