Harrell v. Merridith

Citations

• 36 Tex. 255

Syllabus

<p>In defense to a suit on a money demand, the defendant pleaded offsets in reconvention, and on the trial of the case offered evidence to sustain his plea. The court below excluded the evidence, because some of the witnesses spoke in their testimony about an arbitration having been had by the parties. Held to be error. The evidence did not establish an arbitration binding in law upon either party ; and therefore the defendant was not estopped from proving his offsets.</p>