Allen v. Watt

This was assumpsit, by appellee against appellants, on a special contract. Affidavit was filed with the declaration, showing the nature of the plaintiff’s demand, and the amount due him from the defendants, after allowing to the defendants all their just credits, deductions and set-offs.

The defendants pleaded the general issue, and with it they filed an affidavit, stating that they had a good defense to the merits of the suit, to the amount of $42. Subsequently, the plaintiff filed a written admission that the sum of $42. in the defendants’ affidavit mentioned, might be deducted from his…