Montgomery v. Gallas

Appellees, as the heirs of Paul Gallas, deceased, prosecuted this suit against appellant, W. T. Montgomery, for damages for the wrongful use by appellant of personal property belonging to Gallas. In a properly pleaded reconvention appellant sought to offset these damages with three certain judgments which he held against Gallas. The question of the amount of the damages sustained by Gallas was submitted to a jury, who found for Gallas in the sum of $4,000, which, with interest, the court found aggregated $4,778.60. The question of the existence or amount of the judgments pleaded as set-offs…