Hill v. Brinkley

Motion to set off judgments. Motion sustained.

It appears that David Hill obtained a judgment against Spencer Brinkley. Subsequently, Brinkley became the owner, by assignment to him from one Jones, of a judgment in the same Court, against Hill. Brinkley moved that the Court order the latter judgment to be set off against the former, and the former to be entered as thereby satisfied. The Court did so. This was right. The Court will thus set off judgments in the same, and in different Courts. 2 Swan’s Pr. p. 999.

While the motion was pending, the attorneys for Jones gave notice that they claimed…