McMasters v. Palmer

The judgment of the court was pronounced by

Rost, J.

The defendant was the banker of the plaintiff, who now sues for $300,'the alleged balance in his favor of their general account, which he annexes to his petition. The defendant denied his being in any manner indebted to the plaintiff; and alleged that, on the contrary, at the time specified in the petition as the period when the discount business to which it alluded terminated, the balance, instead of being against the defendant, was in his favor, for a sum exceeding $2,400. He prays for a judgment in reconvention. The plaintiff excepted to…