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Case No. 8,066.
LANGLEY v. BRENT.
[3 Cranch, C. C. 365.]3
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
Dec. Term, 1828.
SET-OFF—IDENTITY OF PARTIES.
A debt due by two joint debtors to two joint creditors cannot be set off as against a debt due by one of the joint creditors to one of the joint debtors.
Assumpsit on the defendant's promissory note to the plaintiff. Langley and King rented a wharf from Brent and Pierson in 1822; Langley and King dissolved their partnership in 1824, indebted to Brent and Pierson in the sum of $53.
Mr. Morfit for plaintiff.
Mr. Worthington, for defendant.
THE COURT decided that it could not be set-off in this action.
3 [Reported by Hon. William Cranch, Chief Judge.]
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