Case Name: Ratcliff v. Dewit
Court: Connecticut Superior Court
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Decision Date: 1790-02
Citations: 1 Root 155
Docket Number: 
Parties: Ratcliff v. Dewit.
Judges: 
Reporter: Connecticut Reports
Volume: 1
Pages: 155–155

Head Matter:
Ratcliff v. Dewit.
An action on Look depending, Is no bar to tlie defendant’s suing tlie plaintiff on book.
Action of debt on book. Plea in abatement — An action commenced by the defendant against the plaintiff, before the date and impetration of the plaintiff’s writ, which is now depending.
Judgment —■ Plea insufficient.

Opinion:
And
by the Court.
Although a defendant in an action of book may recover tlie balance due to him; yet a debtor on book may commence an action on purpose to prevent his creditor from attaching, to secure his debt; or bring his action before a justice, where he can recover but £4; or if brought to the County Court, he may lay his damage so low, as to prevent an appeal.