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28 N.C. 22

Wright v. . Mooney

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided December 5, 1845

Supreme Court of North Carolina · decided 1845-12-05

This was an action of assumpsit, upon an agreement to pay a certain sum per diem, for work performed' in building a mill; in which the defendant offered, as a set-off, the record of a j udgment, obtained by him against the plaintiff in Macon Superior Court. The legality of this set-off was denied, and the evidence objected to, but the Court over-ruled the objection, and admitted the evidence of the set-off.

Decided 1845-12-05

Daniel, J.

¶1 Set-off is only allowed in actions of as*

¶2 sumpsit, debt and covenant, for the non-payment of money, and for which an action of debt or indebitatus as-sumpsit might be maintained; and the debts to be set off, must be due at the commencement of the action. Ba-bington on sets-off, 8. The only question made by the exception is, whether in assumpsit, pending in one Court, the defendant can set-off a judgment, recovered by him against the plaintiff in the Court of another County. — • There is no doubt that he may: for the debts are mutual, though of different dignity, and are within the words of the act.

¶3 Per Curiam. Judgment affirmed.

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