Edgerton v. West
Supreme Court of Florida
Writ of Error to the* Circuit Court for Clay County. Statement. Defendants in error sued plaintiff in error in the Circuit Court of Clay county, the declaration alleging that plaintiffs on the -twelfth of March, 1895, loaned to defendant at his request the sum of one hundred dollars, and he promised to repay the same on demand with lawful interest 'and plaintiffs demanded payment but defendant refused to pay; that on the fifteenth. day of March, 1895,. plaintiffs loaned…
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Writ of Error to the* Circuit Court for Clay County. Statement. Defendants in error sued plaintiff in error in the Circuit Court of Clay county, the declaration alleging that plaintiffs on the -twelfth of March, 1895, loaned to defendant at his request the sum of one hundred dollars, and he promised to repay the same on demand with lawful interest 'and plaintiffs demanded payment but defendant refused to pay; that on the fifteenth. day of March, 1895,. plaintiffs loaned defendant at his request the further sum of five hundred dollars which he promised in writing to pay on demand, and…
1Opinion of the Court
Mabry J.
(after stating the facts.)
It appears from the transcript of the record that in addition to- the two-pleas shown in the statement, defendant, Edgerton, filed a plea to set-off that was ruled out on *137demurrer, and that at the trial he asked leave to file an exhibited plea on equitable grounds which was denied by the court. We are of opinion that the court properly sustained the demurrer to the plea of set-off and correctly rejected the plea on equitable grounds for defects in each plea, and that no ground for a reversal of the judgment exists on account of such rulings. The matters…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Farmers' and Citizens' Bank v. . ShermanNew York Court of Appeals · 1865
- Salomon v. Pioneer Co-operative Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1885
- Thompson v. KelloggSupreme Court of Missouri · 1856
- Edmunds v. BlackWashington Supreme Court · 1896
- Bush v. SproatSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1884
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- Loomis v. DuboisSupreme Court of Florida · 1921