Kisler v. Tinder

29 Ind. 270

• Court: Indiana Supreme Court
• Decided: May 15, 1868
• Status: Published

Opinion

Frazer, J.

Suit for work and labor. The third paragraph of the answer averred that the work and labor was done in part performance of a certain special contract contained in a lease, which was, however, broken by the plaintiff in several specified particulars, to the defendant’s damage, and he claimed to recover such damages as a counterclaim. The error complained of is that the court below overruled a demurrer to this paragraph of the answer. The appellant’s counsel suggests no satisfactory reason for holding the paragraph bad, and none occurs to us. "We think it was a good counter-claim.

J. S. Miller and C. C. Nave, for appellant. L. M. Campbell, for appellee.

The judgment is affirmed, with ten per cent, damages, and costs.