Nathan v. National Brush Co.

Mr. Presiding Justice Partlow

delivered the opinion of the court.

In the circuit court of Kane county, appellant, I. M. Nathan, doing business under the name of the Chicago Brush Manufacturing Company, began suit against appellee, the National Brush Company, a corporation, to recover damages for the breach of a contract. The appellee filed the general issue and two special pleas, the last one being a plea of set-off. There was a trial by jury, a verdict in favor of the appellee for $511.03 under his plea of set-off, and this appeal was prosecuted.

The evidence shows that on August 1, 1917, the…