Holden v. Wiggins
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Common Pleas of Bradford county. In this cáse, in which Lawrence Wiggins was plaintiff, ancl Gustavús JP. Holden defendant, the transcript of- the Justice, before whom the case originated, exhibited the cause of action tó be “debt or demand not exceeding one hundred dollars.5* The parties appeared, and plaintiff demanded of defendant ninety-eight dollars, due on book account'. The defendant offered to off-set a claim ágainst the plaintiff on'book account of more…
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Error to the Common Pleas of Bradford county. In this cáse, in which Lawrence Wiggins was plaintiff, ancl Gustavús JP. Holden defendant, the transcript of- the Justice, before whom the case originated, exhibited the cause of action tó be “debt or demand not exceeding one hundred dollars.5* The parties appeared, and plaintiff demanded of defendant ninety-eight dollars, due on book account'. The defendant offered to off-set a claim ágainst the plaintiff on'book account of more than, one hundred dollars; after hearing 'the parties, and their proofs, the defendant’s claim exceeding the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Kennedy, J.
This suit was commenced before a Justice of the Peace, by the defendant in error, against the plaintiff in error, to recover a demand which he had against him, not exceeding one hundred dollars. . Fi'om the record returned-of the proceedings had before the Justice, it appears that the plaintiff in error had a claim,founded upon a book account,against the defendantin error, which he produced at the time of trial before the Justice, and claimed to have it allowed and set-off. It, however, exceeded one hundred dollars, and the Justice, for that…
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