Richardson Corp. v. Standard Drug Co.

The appellant, Richardson Corporation, sued the appellee, Standard Drug Company, for one hundred twenty-six dollars on an open account for goods' sold and delivered to the appellee. The appellee successfully defended against the claim in the lower court, by showing an offset in a greater sum than that sued for; this appeal is prosecuted from that judgment.

At the trial of the case, the appellee, Standard Drug* Company, filed an offset, in which it claimed that it had suffered damages on account of a previous shipment of goods four years before that time, these goods being known as “Orange…