Case Name: Morrison v. Clifford
Court: United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1809-11
Citations: 1 Cranch 585
Docket Number: 
Parties: Morrison v. Clifford.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District of Columbia - reported by Mackey)
Volume: 1
Pages: 585–585

Head Matter:
Morrison v. Clifford.
Unliquidated damages for breach of warranty of the soundness of & horse, cannot be set off against a note given for the purchase of the horse. But fraud may be given in evidence; for it avoids the contract altogether.
Debt on a promissory note. Plea, owe nothing.
The defendant offered evidence that the horse, for which the note was given, was not sound.

Opinion:
The Court
said the defendant could not set off unliquidated damages for breach of the warranty, against the note, but the defendant might give evidence of fraud in obtaining the note. Fraud goes to the whole note; simple breach of warranty goes only to part of the consideration.