Brown v. Wofford

T. H. Wofford brought this suit against T. W. Brown, seeking to recover a balance of $74.90, alleged to be owing upon a contract for the construction of a building. The defendant filed a plea in reconvention for more than $100. The court submitted to the jury both claims, the one asserted by the plaintiff against the defendant, and the other asserted by the defendant against the plaintiff, and the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for $74.90, but did not mention in the verdict the claim asserted by the defendant. Upon that verdict the court rendered a judgment for the plaintiff…