Godbold v. Harrison

Plaintiff sues for $623 05, alleging Lis employment in defendant’s drug store as clerk during the year 1876, and that he was to receive in lieu of salary one-third of the net profits of the business, which proportion amounts to the sum demanded. The answer is a general denial, followed immediately by a demand in reconvention for $334 77, with interest and costs. As the basis of this demand he sets up payments to Godbold, amounting to $477 82, and a bill for twelve months’ board at $40 per month, amounting to $480, the total of both •claims being $957 82. Although this remarkable answer pleads…