With no explanation, chose the best option from "A", "B", "C" or "D". and summarily concludes that defendants’ “theory was recoupment.” Asserting upon the authority of Schroeder v. Prince Charles, Inc., 427 S.W.2d 414, 419 (Mo.1968), that a plea in recoupment will not support an affirmative judgment, plaintiff maintains the judgment cannot stand. This opinion is no place for an extensive discussion of the doctrine of recoupment. The terms “recoupment,” “recouper” and “defaulk” are words of art which antedate the King James version of the Bible, see, e. g., Coulter's Case, 5 Co. 30(a), 77 Eng.Rep. 98 (K.B.1598), and needless to say have undergone many changes in meaning. The origin of the doctrine as a modern principle is uncertain, 3 T. Sedgwick, Damages, § 1040 (9th ed. 1912); Kennedy v. Dodge, 14 Fed.Cas.No.7,701 pp. 310, 312 (D.C.N.Y. 1867) (<HOLDING>), but the books are indeed replete with

A: recognizing the right of recoupment in admiralty
B: recognizing private right of action
C: recognizing the importance of uniformity in admiralty jurisprudence
D: recognizing the right to counsel on appeal
A.