North Electric Co. v. Brown

The North Electric Company sued C. L. Brown upon an account for $263.82. The defendant admitted the correctness of the account but claimed a balance of $118.68 in his favor by reason of damages he had sustained from the breach of a contract to sell *904him a quantity of copper wire for $26,052.50, for which he was consequently obliged to pay $382.50 in excess of that amount. The defendant recovered a judgment for $1.18, and the plaintiff appeals.

A motion was filed to make the answer more definite by stating whether the contract for the purchase of the wire was in writing, and if so by setting out…