Case Name: Saggus v. Standard
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1920-05-12
Citations: 25 Ga. App. 349
Docket Number: 11162
Parties: Saggus v. Standard.
Judges: Stephens and Smith, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 25
Pages: 349–349

Head Matter:
11162.
Saggus v. Standard.
Decided May 12, 1920.
Distraint; from city court of Washington — Judge Wynne. November 25, 1919. •
Colley & Colley, for plaintiff in error.
C. E. Sutton, contra.

Opinion:
Jenkins, P. J.
While a defendant in a distress warrant proceeding may, without showing actual fraud, set up a claim arising from an alleged shortage in acreage, where he relies upon an alleged express warranty guaranteeing a specified acreage under the terms of the particular rent contract under which the distress warrant issued, still the rule is that a claim merely by way of set-off cannot be pleaded as against rent, and consequently another claim, seeking to recover an alleged overpayment made under a previous similar but independent contract, cannot be joined in such a defense. McMahan v. Tyson, 23 Ga. 43; Johnston v. Patterson, 86 Ga. 725 (13 S. E. 17).
Judgment affirmed.
Stephens and Smith, JJ., concur.