Pate v. Shafer

This was an action by Shafer against Pate, commenced before a Justice of the Peace, upon an account, in which the plaintiff claimed a balance of sixty-two dollars and forty-six cents. The defendant filed an off-set of various items, amounting to five hundred dollars, but claimed judgment for the amount that might be found due him, after deducting what might be found due the plaintiff, “ not to exceed one hundred dollars.” On the appeal to the Common Pleas, the cause was tried, and resulted in a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff, for the amount of his claim.

The cause is before us on the…