8 Cow. 126
Decided February 15, 1828
New York Supreme Court · decided 1828-02-15
The plaintiff had recovered a judgment in this court against the defendant; and the latter had recovered two judgments against the former before a justice of the peace. A motion was now made, in behalf of- the defendant, to off and deduct his judgments from the one obtained against him in this court; and that, on paying the balance, ° . ’ 1 e j a ' execution should be perpetually stayed.
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Decided 1828-02-15
Cited by 4 later decisions — most recently February 1933
4 state decisions
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¶1We have never gone farther in practice, than setting off judgments of other courts of record against our own; but the same principle will apply to judgments in a justice’s court. They are equally conclusive upon the defendant with the judgment of a court of common pleas, which is now a very usual subject of set-off.
¶2Motion granted.