Bichler v. DEI Systems, Inc.

PARRISH, Justice:

INTRODUCTION

T1 Delta Equipment Industrial Systems, Inc. ("DEI") appeals the district court's summary judgment dismissing DEI's setoff counterclaim and ruling that DEI is in unlawful detainer of property owned by Benedict Bichler ("Bichler"). Specifically, DEI challenges the district court's determination that (1) DEI lacked a valid basis for asserting a claim of setoff and (2) DEI's claim of setoff was an improper counterclaim or defense to Bichlet's claim of unlawful detainer.

I 2 We hold that DEI had a valid basis for asserting an equitable claim of setoff and that the…