Excelsior Stove Manufacturing Co. v. Million

In July, 1912, plaintiff, a manufacturer of stoves in Quincy, Illinois, sued defendant in a justice court upon an account for stoves delivered in March, 1908, to defendant who, at that time, was a retail merchant in Sheridan, Missouri. The total value of the stoves as shown by the itemized account attached to plaintiff’s statement was $245.97 and the *719suit was for the recovery of that amount less a credit of $48.55, paid on the account June 19, 1909.

Defendant appeared in answer to the summons and filed the following counterclaim: “The defendant for his counterclaim and cause of action against…