Mathias Planing Mill Co. v. L. P. Hazen & Co.

This was a suit on an account, the plaintiff claiming a balance due -of $300. The defendants pleaded a counterclaim in the sum of $290.57, and offered to confess judgment for the difference, to-wit, $9.43. The jury returned a verdict for plaintiff for $26.03. Judgment being rendered thereon, plaintiff prosecutes error.

The plaintiff operated a planing mill in Dayton, Ohio, and defendants were contractors doing business in Cincinnati, Ohio. One of the items included in the claim of defendants is the sum of $174.02 for freight paid by defendants for certain material shipped by plaintiff for…