Good v. Good
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the district court of Lancaster county. This was an action of assumpsit for goods sold and delivered, money lent, &c. by John Good against Joseph Good, in which the defendant pleaded payment, and this special set-off: that the plaintiff was indebted to him by recognizances in the orphans’ court to an amount exceeding 6000 dollars.
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ERROR to the district court of Lancaster county. This was an action of assumpsit for goods sold and delivered, money lent, &c. by John Good against Joseph Good, in which the defendant pleaded payment, and this special set-off: that the plaintiff was indebted to him by recognizances in the orphans’ court to an amount exceeding 6000 dollars. To this the plaintiff replied, that a suit had been brought against him on this recognizance, which had been referred to arbitrators,- under the compulsory arbitration law, and that there had been an award made in favour of the plaintiff in that suit, for…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Sergeant, J.
The plaintiff, John Good, brought this action ofassumpsit to February term 1827, in the district court of the city and county of Lancaster, against the defendant, Joseph Good, and declared for goods sold and delivered, and the common money counts. The defendant pleaded a set-off of a debt due by the plaintiff on a recognizance in the orphans’ court, conditioned for the payment of an annual sum to his mother Barbara Good, assigned by her to the defendant. The plaintiff replied, an action brought by the defendant against the plaintiff to…
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