Cummings v. Pruden
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
This writ of error was brought to procure the reversal of a judgment rendered by a justice of the peace for this county, wherein Cummings was plaintiff and Pruden was defendant. The action was upon a promissory note for 10 dollars made by ihe defendant, and payable on demand to the plaintiff.
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This writ of error was brought to procure the reversal of a judgment rendered by a justice of the peace for this county, wherein Cummings was plaintiff and Pruden was defendant. The action was upon a promissory note for 10 dollars made by ihe defendant, and payable on demand to the plaintiff. It appeared, from the record, that the plaintiff, after entering his action, had leave to discontinue; and the defendant, having more than four days previous to the return of the writ filed an account before the justice, as a set-off to the plaintiff’s demand, prayed that the same might be allowed; and…
1Opinion of the Court
Sed per Curiam.
Let the judgment be reversed as to the damages awarded to the defendant, and affirmed as to the costs.
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