In re Becker Bros.
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
In Bankruptcy. On exceptions to report of W. B. Hill, referee,. Sur petition of bankrupts for allowance of set-off to landlord’s claim for rent.
1Opinion of the Court
ARCHBABD, District Judge.
Attempt is made in this case to> set off against a claim for rent, which has been duly proved, a counterclaim for damages against the landlord for negligently allowing water to come in upon the premises leased by the bankrupts^ by which the bowling alleys which they had constructed there were injured. The referee has found in favor of the landlord on the merits, but he has also decided that the claim for damages is not,, in any event, available as an offset, being unliquidated, and arising out of a tort; and, as the latter ruling effectually disposes of the case, and…
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- Libby v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
- Groetzinger v. Latimer, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Alleghany County1892
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