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12 Ind. 462

Ruffner v. McTaggert

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided June 13, 1859

Indiana Supreme Court · decided 1859-06-13

<p>APPEAL from the Whitley Court of Common Pleas.</p>

Decided 1859-06-13

Per Curiam.

¶1The appellee, who was the plaintiff’, sued McTaggert upon a promissory note for the payment.of 291 dollars.

¶2Defendant answered—

¶31. That when this action was commenced, the plaintiff *463was, and still is, indebted to the defendant 300 dollars for money paid by him to the plaintiff, and he offers to set off against the amount due to the plaintiff an amount equal thereto, and demands judgment for the residue, &c.

W. S. Smith and D. H. Colerick, for the appellant.

¶42. That he is not indebted to the plaintiff in 'manner and form as in the complaint alleged.

¶5Demurrer to the first paragraph sustained. And the issue made by the second was thereupon submitted to the Court, who found for the plaintiff 210 dollars, and judgment was accordingly rendered, &c.

¶6For error, the appellant assigns—

¶71. That the Court sustained a demurrer to the general issue.

¶82. That there was no issue between the parties.

¶9As neither of the alleged errors appears in the record, the judgment must be affirmed.

¶10The judgment is affirmed with 10 per cent, damages and costs.

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