Peters v. Dove

Action by building contractor to enforce mechanic’s lien upon a dwelling house of the owners for a balance of $1,265.44 alleged to be due on the agreed consideration for the completion of the building. In the answer the first defense was a denial that plaintiff had fully completed or finished the building at any time, and a denial that there was anything due the plaintiff. In the second defense, a counterclaim of the answer, the defendants asked for a judgment against plaintiff in the sum of $61.79 overpaid by them on the contract, and for various other sums as damages resulting from improper…