Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Matlack
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided September 1, 1804PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
4 U.S. 303 (____)
4 Dall. 303
Commonwealth
versus
Matlack.
Supreme Court of United States.
M`Kean, attorney-general, for the commonwealth.
Dallas, for the defendant.
But, after argument, the COURT declared, that the defendant could not indirectly recover from the state, a substantive, independent, claim by way of set-off, any more than he could directly recover a debt due from the state, by bringing a suit against her. That the present action was brought to compel an account for money received for the use of the Senate; in which the defendant, if he proved, that the money received was so applied,…
2Cited by11 opinions
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