Merritt v. . Seaman

[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] The defendants have recovered a judgment in this cause, upon the report of a referee, for over two thousand dollars, against the estate of John Sampson, deceased, upon pleadings which, by the established principles of construction, involve only matters in dispute between the defendants, and the plaintiff in his individual capacity. The evidence of the set-off against John Sampson, deceased, was objected to when offered, as inadmissible, and received subject to…