Case Name: Downer v. Eggleston, 15 Wend. 51
Court: New York Court for the Correction of Errors
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1799
Citations: 1 Lock. Rev. Cas. 418
Docket Number: 
Parties: Downer v. Eggleston, 15 Wend. 51.
Judges: 
Reporter: Lockwood's Reversed Cases
Volume: 1
Pages: 418–419

Head Matter:
Downer v. Eggleston, 15 Wend. 51.
Not reported in S. Ct.
Set- Off.
In this case, the Court of Errors held, that a bond debt may be set off against any demand recoverable under the money counts ; or for which an indebitatus assumpsit will lie. The Supreme Court had decided against the set-off.
The Court of Errors also held, that a plaintiff cannot by declaring specially where he may recover his demand under a general count, deprive the defendant of his set-off.
The court also held, that a defendant has a right to insist upon a set-off, although he has positively agreed to account for or pay over to the plaintiff, moneys which the plaintiff authorized him to receive as his agent.

Opinion:
Judgment of the Supreme Court, denying the set-off, reversed.