James v. Williams Furniture Co.

Appellee brought this action in the court of a justice of the peace of Simpson county against appellant, on a sworn, itemized account for goods, wares, and merchandise theretofore sold and delivered by appellee to appellant. The amount sued for was forty-six dollars and fifty cents, with interest at eight per cent from January 29, 1927. The account had been much larger, and had been paid down to that amount. Appellant filed the following plea in recoupment: “Comes the defendant in the above styled case and files this his plea in recoupment, and says that he is entitled to recover of and from…