Case Name: Theodore B. Lant v. Louisville, Cin. & Lex. Railroad Co.
Court: Kentucky Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Kentucky
Decision Date: 1871-06-16
Citations: 5 Ky. Op. 445
Docket Number: 
Parties: Theodore B. Lant v. Louisville, Cin. & Lex. Railroad Co.
Judges: 
Reporter: Kentucky Opinions, containing the unreported opinions of the Court of Appeals
Volume: 5
Pages: 445–446

Head Matter:
Theodore B. Lant v. Louisville, Cin. & Lex. Railroad Co.
Set-off and Counter-claim — Unliquidated Damages Cannot be Pleaded as a Set-off.
Unliquidated damages, growing out of an altogether different transaction cannot be pleaded as a set-off.
APPEAL FROM LOUISVILLE CHANCERY COURT.
June 16, 1871.

Opinion:
Opinion by
Judge Peters :
It is alleged that the misrepresentations and fraud complained of were not made and perpetrated in the sale of the lot for which the note sued on was executed but in the. sale of another lot made months before. We do not see well how unliquidated damages for fraud in an altogether different transaction, having no connection with the contract out of which this action grew, can be allowed as a set-off to the demand herein set up. We therefore conclude that the demurrer to the answers were properly sustained.
Harrison, for appellant.
Wright & Green, for appellee.
Wherefore the judgment is affirmed.