Pittsburgh & Indiana Coal Co. v. Hostler Coal & Coke Co.

The artificial persons, the litigants in this cause, are dealers in coal at the city of Chicago. The controversy is entirely confined to the cross claim of defendant presented in the nature of a set-off to plaintiff’s undisputed claim, for the contract price of three cars of coal shipped, on order, by defendant to plaintiff. The three cars of coal sold and delivered by plaintiff to defendant were of the conceded value of $163.40, and the three cars of coal were sold by defendant to plaintiff at the undisputed price of $142.03. The parties having waived a trial by jury, the cause was tried…