Case Name: John I. Adams v. Asa Webster
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1873-02
Citations: 25 La. Ann. 117
Docket Number: No. 4501
Parties: John I. Adams v. Asa Webster.
Judges: Justices concurring: Ludeling, Taliaferro, Howell, Wyly, Morgan.
Reporter: Louisiana Annual Reports
Volume: 25
Pages: 117–117

Head Matter:
No. 4501.
John I. Adams v. Asa Webster.
■Where A. as assignee of B sued C on an open account, and C alleged in answer that lie had deposited with B a large sura of money before the transfer to A., which had not been accounted for, and pleaded compensation;
Held — That C, under the pleadings, did not owe B the amount set out in the account sued on; that he could transfer to A only such rights as he poss°ssod; that compensation took place, and that 0 should have the opportunity to show it.
APPEAL from the Fifteenth District Court, parish of Lafourche. Beattie, J. Trial by jury.
B. D. Jourdcm, for defendant and! appellant. Bush <& Goode, for plaintiff and appellee.
Justices concurring: Ludeling, Taliaferro, Howell, Wyly, Morgan.

Opinion:
Howell, J.
The plaintiff, as assignee of one J. F. Thompson, sues the defendant on an open account, and the only question now before us, as stated by plaintiff's counsel is, should or not the evidence, offered by defendant to prove his claim in compensation and reconvention be admitted 9
We think it should. Thompson could transfer to Adams only such rights as he possessed, and if it be true, as alleged by the defendant, that he had deposited with Thompson a large sum of money before the transfer to Adams, which has not been accounted for, the defendant did not owe Thompson the amount set out in the account sued on. In other words, compensation took place, and the defendant should, under the pleadings, have the opportunity to show it.
It is therefore ordered that the judgment appealed from be reversed, and that this cause be remanded to the lower court with instructions to the judge thereof to admit evidence to establish the plea of compensation, and to be proceeded in according to law. Appellee to pay costs of appeal.
Rehearing refused.