Reutchler v. Hucke

This was an action- of assumpsit, prosecuted by Jacob B. Beutchler, who sued for the use of the People’s Bank of Belleville, against August C. Hucke. The declaration contained the common counts. The defendant filed the general issue, and gáve special notice that he would prove on the trial that before the suit was commenced he paid, laid out and expended for plaintiff, at his special instance and request, $1,-250, the said sum being so paid by defendant for the taxes of plaintiff, due by him to the city of Belleville for the year 1874, and that defendant would set off said sum against the…