Scott v. Kenton

Citations

• 81 Ill. 96

Syllabus

<p>Recoupment—damages in suit on contract. In a suit to recover the value of the use of a division fence under an alleged promise to pay, the defendant may recoup damages sustained from the plaintiff’s stock breaking into his premises, through defects in the division fence. Damages thus sustained would bear upon the value of the use of the fence.</p>