Abel v. Maxwell Hardware Co.

The Maxwell Hardware Company sued E. G. Abel for debt claimed to be due for certain plumbing material and work furnished and done in a residence owned by. the defendant and for foreclosure of a mechanic’s and ma-terialman’s lien upon the house and lot.

In addition to a general denial, the defendant, Abel, set up a cross-action against the plaintiff for damages in the sum of $200, loss of rents, and $1,000, which he alleged resulted to the house from plaintiff’s negligence while doing the plumbing work in digging certain ditches which were negligently left open by the plaintiff, and in which…