Case Name: LANGLEY v. BRENT
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1828-12
Citations: 14 F. Cas. 1113
Docket Number: 
Parties: LANGLEY v. BRENT.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 14
Pages: 1113–1113

Head Matter:
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.]

Opinion:
THE COURT
decided that it could not be set-off in this action.