Case Name: Hurd v. Earl
Court: Supreme Court of Indiana
Jurisdiction: Indiana
Decision Date: 1836-12-24
Citations: 4 Blackf. 184
Docket Number: 
Parties: Hurd v. Earl.
Judges: 
Reporter: Blackford
Volume: 4
Pages: 184–185

Head Matter:
Hurd v. Earl.
In error.
Saturday, December 24.

Opinion:
A PROMISSORY note for the payment of money executed by the plaintiff to a third person, and assigned to the defendant before the commencement of the suit, is a legal matter of set-off.
It is not necessary that a plea of payment and set-off under the statute, should show that the amount claimed as a set-off is equal to the plaintiff's demand.
If such a plea be filed, and it be found on the trial that part only of the demand has been paid, the plaintiff is entitled to judgment for the residue; but if it appear that the plaintiff has received more than the amount of his claim, the defendant obtains judgment for the overplus. Rev. Code, 1831, p. 405 .
Accord. Rev. Stat. 1838, p. 450.