Stockton v. Graves

Suit upon a note and an account. Answer in three paragraphs:

1. General denial.

2. Payment of the note.

3. A set-off, reading as follows:

“ To damages done by said plaintiff to said defendant, in farming land in an unskillful manner, while plaintiff was tenant of defendant, on his farm on Pretty Prairie, being the east, &c., during the year from March 1st, 1853, to March 1st, 1854,.....$175.00 To like damages for the year from March 1st, 1854, to March 1st, 1855, - - - - 198.00

Demurrer sustained to this paragraph. Issues of fact upon the others. Trial and judgment for the plaintiff.

The deposition…