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Case No. 8,066.
    LANGLEY v. BRENT.
    [3 Cranch, C. C. 365.] 
    
    Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
    Dec. Term, 1828.
    Set-Off — Identity op 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 Pier-son in the sum of $53. .
    Mr. Morfit, for plaintiff.
    Mr. Worthington, for defendant.
    
      
       [Reported by Hon. William Cranch, Chief Judge.]
    
   THE COURT

decided that it could not be set-off in this action.