Wright v. Thornton

The record herein discloses that the appellees were sued in a justice of the peace court for the sum of $105, which was admittedly owing to the appellant for three months rent on an apartment. Upon the trial in that court some mention was made by the defendant E. L. Thornton that the plaintiff was indebted to him for work that he had done on the apartment building at her instance and request. But no plea of set-off having been filed an objection was properly sustained to any testimony in that behalf for the reason that 2 Miss. Code 1942, Section 1822 (Code 1930, Section 2088) provides: “The…