Keller v. Keller

This is an action upon a stated account, and the defense a denial and plea of set-off. On the trial of the cause the jury returned a verdict in favor of the defendant. The principal error relied upon is, that the verdict is against the weight of evidence and law of the case.

It appears from the evidence that the parties are brothers; that they settled in Clay county in 1873, the plaintiff at least taking a homestead. Another brother named Gotfried had settled in that county also, and the three seem to have assisted each other in the cultivation of their land, and had mutual dealings. In 1878 a…