Irvin v. Wright
Illinois Supreme Court
This action was tried at the March term, 1834, of the Gallatin Circuit Court, before the Hon. Thomas C. Browne and a jury. A verdict was rendered for the defendant in error, who was the plaintiff in the Court below, for $55,25. Upon this verdict judgment was entered.
1Opinion of the CourtLockwood, Justice
This was an action of assumpsit brought by Wright to recover compensation for work and labor done and performed for Mrs. Irvin while sole.
Among other pleas which it is unnecessary to notice, the defendants below pleaded, that since the commencement of the suit in the Court below, they had recovered a judgment against Wright, which they offered to set off against the damages sustained by the plaintiff in this suit. To this plea Wright demurred, and the Circuit Court sustained the demurrer.
Did the Court err in this judgment? By the 17th section(1) of the “ ¿let concerning Practice in Courts of…
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