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*839The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

This was an action by the assignee of the book account of a hardware merchant against a farmer. The defense was a set-off which had satisfied the account in a collateral transaction which must be stated at some length.

In 1929 and for several years prior thereto the John Bomholt Hardware Company, a corporation, was engaged in the retail hardware and farm implement business in Cheney.' The defendant, R. C. Denniston, was a farmer of that neighborhood. He was a customer of the hardware company and had a charge account on its books. In May,…