Bates v. Reitz

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Hannah

-Affirming.

Appellee, Francis J. Reitz, sued appellants, A. M. Bates and J. W. Woods, in the McLean Circuit Court, *515upon certain notes aggregating more than two thousand dollars.

Appellants by their answer admitted their indebtedness to appellee on account of said notes; and also attempted to plead a set-off growing out of an alleged verbal contract between them and Beitz, by the terms- of which, it was alleged, appellee agreed to purchase from them certain ties, which contract appellee afterwards refused to carry out, refusing to take and pay for any of said…