Western Union Cold Storage Co. v. Warner

This was an action of assumpsit by appellant against appellees, who pleaded the general issue arid gave notice of set-off under said plea. The jury found a verdict for the defendant as follows: “We, the jury, find the issues for the defendant and we assess the defendant’s damages at the sum of five hundred dollars ($500) in excess of plaintiff’s storage charges twenty-one hundred cmd eighty-two ($2,182.43).” The court struck out of the verdict all that part of it in italics, overruled appellant’s motion for a new trial, and rendered judgment on the verdict as amended.

Appellant’s claim was for…