Gaines Motor Sales Co. v. Hastings Mfg. Co.

DUNKLIN, Chief Justice.

This suit was instituted by the Hastings Manufacturing Company against the Gaines Motor Sales Company to recover the sum of $469.73, principal with accrued interest, alleged to be due on a negotiable instrument designated as a trade acceptance executed by defendant in plaintiff’s favor.

In addition to an answer to plaintiff’s petition, the defendant filed a plea of set-off and counterclaim based on allegations of facts substantially as follows:

The instrument sued on was executed for the purchase money of a quantity of flexible oil rings and Hastings flexible sets sold to…