Bradley v. . Angel
New York Court of Appeals
The bill in this cause was filed in May, 1843, by Amos Bradley, Javan Bradley, Chester Bradley, Lucius Bradley, and Benjamin Bradley) against Angel, the surviving executor of Justus Hall, deceased, praying that certain demands in favor of the plaintiffs might be set off against a demand due from them to the defendant’s testator.
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The bill in this cause was filed in May, 1843, by Amos Bradley, Javan Bradley, Chester Bradley, Lucius Bradley, and Benjamin Bradley) against Angel, the surviving executor of Justus Hall, deceased, praying that certain demands in favor of the plaintiffs might be set off against a demand due from them to the defendant’s testator. The case was this: From the 1st of September, 1834, to the 1st.of April, 1837, Benjamin Bradley, one of the plaintiffs, and Justus Hall, the decedent, were partners in the mercantile business. On the day last mentioned their partnership was dissolved, and another…
1Opinion of the CourtGardiner, J.
The vice chancellor and the supreme court have adjudged that the complainants have no claim against the estate of the decedent, Justus Hall, on account of the old debts of Hall & Bradley and J. Hall & Co., or either of them. There is nothing in the pleadings or proofs to impugn this decision. I shall assume it to be correct upon this question, which is one of fact merely.
The set-off claimed by the complainants, of the three notes made by Hall, mentioned in the pleadings, was undoubtedly the occasion of filing the bill, and presents the only important question in the cause. One of these notes…
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