Elliott v. Bell

Beannon, J udge :

Elliott brought a chancery suit to enforce a judgment recovered by Woodford, Glasscock and Elliott against Bell against Bell’s land ; and, the judgment having been decreed against the land, along with others brought in under a convention of lienors under a commissioner’s report, Bell appeals.

Bell complains that a claim in his favor was not allowed as a set-off. It was a sum of one hundred and two dollars and ten cents paid by him as toll on a turnpike to Woodford, Glasscock and Elliott in excess of the rate prescribed by law. The judgment sued upon was in favor of Woodford,…