Case Name: Whetcroft v. Burford
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1813-12
Citations: 2 Cranch 96
Docket Number: 
Parties: Whetcroft v. Burford.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District of Columbia - reported by Mackey)
Volume: 2
Pages: 96–96

Head Matter:
Whetcroft v. Burford.
An account for work and labor cannot, at the trial, be given in evidence upon non assumpsit, as a set-off, unless the account has been filed and notice given.
Assumpsit, against the defendant, as indorser of the note of Ambrose White, indorsed by Burford to Minifie, and by Minifie to Whetcroft as his agent and trustee.
Mr. Law, for the defendant,
offered to prove work and labor done by White for Minifie on account of this note.
Mr. Key, for the plaintiff,
objected, because notice of such set-off had not been given before the jury was sworn.

Opinion:
The Court,
(nem. con.) upon consideration of the Maryland Act of 1785, c. 46, <§> 7, which requires the account to be filed, or pleaded, refused to receive the evidence.