Tillman v. Morton
Supreme Court of Georgia
Pleadings. Set-off. Interest and usury. Before Judge Hansell. Brooks Superior Court. May Term, 1880. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Crawford, Justice.
This suit originated on a promissory note, and to which were filed pleas of set-off and usury. Upon the trial of the case both the pleas were stricken for insufficiency and that judgment is the error alleged to have been committed.
I. The plea of set-off avers that the plaintiff is indebted to the defendants in the sum of $2,989.54 placed in his hands December 27th, 1876, and out of which the defendants offer to set-off the plaintiff’s claim. This being a cross-action the liability on the part of the plaintiff to pay should be plainly and distinctly set forth, otherwise it is…
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