Steinhoff v. Electric Light & Power Co. of Centralia

This was a suit in assumpsit by appellant as receiver of the Western Electrical Supply Company against the Electric Light and Power Company, of Centralia, Illinois, to recover for work and labor, materials and appliances, used and employed in the construction of an electric light plant at Centralia, and for the expenses of T. J. Wilson for several trips from St. Louis to that place and return, during January, February and part of March, 1891.

The defendant filed a plea of general issue, two pleas of set-off, and two pleas of recoupment. Several replications were interposed to each of the pleas…