Smedley Co. v. Lansing

The plaintiff brought this action on a check made and delivered by the defendant upon which the defendant stopped payment. The defendant claimed duress as justification for stopping payment on the check, which had been given in return for services rendered by the plaintiff in storing and trucking household furniture owned by the defendant, and he also counterclaimed for damage to some of the furniture. The trial court rendered judgment for the plaintiff on the complaint and on the counterclaim. From that judgment the defendant has appealed, assigning error in the facts found and the…