Hackleman v. Miller

This was an action of debt commenced in October, 1834, before a justice of the peace. The defence relied on was a certain matter of set-off. The justice gave judgment for the defendants.

In the Circuit Court, the parties filed the following agreed case, on which the defendants obtained a judgment:—

“ James Hackleman, administrator, v. Abraham Boys and Samuel Miller. The plaintiff being at the time administrator of the estate of Joseph Moffitt, deceased, sold at public auction agreeably to law, in the administration of the estate, goods and chattels which he had inventoried, to Miller one of the…