Keeble v. Keeble

This action was brought by Henry C. Keeble, against Mrs. Julia P. Keeble, as executrix of the last will and testament of her deceased husband, Bichard C. Keeble; and was commenced on the 16th November, 1886. The complaint contained only the common counts, for money had and received, money -lent, and work and labor performed by plaintiff for defendant’s testator in his life-time. The defendant filed a special plea of set-off, in substance as follows: (7.) For several years next prior to the 1st March, 1882, plaintiff and said testator were engaged in business in the city of Selma, as wholesale…