Case Name: Langley v. Brent
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1828-12
Citations: 3 Cranch 365
Docket Number: 
Parties: Langley v. Brent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District of Columbia - reported by Mackey)
Volume: 3
Pages: 365–365

Head Matter:
Langley v. Brent.
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 Pierson in the sum of $53.
Mr. Morfit, for the plaintiff. Mr. Worthington, for the defendant.

Opinion:
The Couet decided that it could not be set-off in this action.