Adams v. Webster

The plaintiff, as assignee of one J. F. Thompson, sues the defendant on an open account, and the only question now before us, as stated by plaintiff’s counsel is, should or not the evidence, offered by defendant to prove his claim in compensation and reconvention be admitted 9

We think it should. Thompson could transfer to Adams only such rights as he possessed, and if it be true, as alleged by the defendant, that he had deposited with Thompson a large sum of money before the transfer to Adams, which has not been accounted for, the defendant did not owe Thompson the amount set out in the…