Little Rock Crate & Basket Co. v. Young

George Rose Smith, Justice.

When a plaintiff brings suit upon a claim arising from a certain transaction, may the defendant successfully assert a setoff that arose from a different transaction and was barred by limitations when the plaintiff’s cause of action accrued? The trial judge construed the controlling statute to mean that such a setoff cannot be allowed in reduction of the plaintiff’s claim. We disagree. Our jurisdiction is under Rule 29 (1) (c).

In 1981 the appellee as plaintiff filed his complaint to recover $7,207.20 as the purchase price of logs he sold to the defendant-appellant in…