Olmstead v. Scutt
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover a balance due on account; brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County. The defendant pleaded a set-off, which the court (Torrance, J".,) allowed, and rendered judgment for the plaintiff for the balance of his claim after deducting the counter-claim. The plaintiff appealed. The case is fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtLoomis, J.
The complaint in this case was brought to recover a balance due on account. A committee to • whom the matter was referred fpund there was due from the defendant to the plaintiff the sum of $681.47, over and above all legal offsets, subject however to whatever legal right the defendant might have to set off a claim, amounting to $531.83, which William Cothren had against the plaintiff, and which he, before the commencement of this suit, assigned to the defendant by writing as follows:
“ Woodbury, February 21, 1882.
“ For value received, I hereby sell and assign to Levi Scutt, of Southbury, the…
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