Sanford v. Hoge

Isaac Hoge, Jr., as sole surviving executor of Isaac Hoge, deceased, brought this suit in the Circuit Court of Grundy County, against Edward E., W. G., and Frank Sanford to recover $220 rent on an eighty-acre tract of land for the term beginning April 16, 1900, and ending March 1, 1901. There is no dispute about the rent being due, but the whole controversy is over certain counter claims interposed by defendant below. The finding of the jury -was for the plaintiff below, and a motion for a new trial being overruled, defendants below bring the case here by appeal.

Appellants sought to set off…