Case Name: FORD against HILL
Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 1813-09
Citations: 3 N.J.L. 1045
Docket Number: 
Parties: FORD against HILL.
Judges: 
Reporter: New Jersey Law Reports
Volume: 3
Pages: 595–596

Head Matter:
FORD against HILL.
OB' OEETIOBABI.
Hill sued Ford before the justice; and set out in his state of demand, an agreement to work for Ford one year, for two hundred dollars; and avers [+] performance on his part; and that the defendant had neglected and refused to fulfil the agreement on his part; by reason whereof, the plaintiff stated that he had a just and fair demand of one hundred dollars, and for which he brought suit.
8. Ogden, attorney for plaintiff.

Opinion:
By the Court.
The plaintiff set out a legal state of demand for $200 on a written agreement, with all the requisites to entitle him to recover $200, which he said entitled him to $100, and he did not demand more. We do not think this regular; if thp defendant had a set-off, the plaintiff should have given him credit for it, and struck a balance.
Judgment reversed.