Court Opinion

ID: 9638155
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 15:36:15.239583+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:10:04.429597
License: Public Domain

JOHNSON, Circuit Judge
(dissenting).
I agree to all of the above opinion, except what is said in the last part in regard to damages to be “ascertained by calculation.” As the action is a Maine case, the Maine statute in reference to set-offs is binding upon the District Court of Maine. I think that the damages alleged in the claim of set-off can be “ascertained by calculation” by giving a liberal construction to the Maine statute, but do not agree that the Maine statute can be complied with, if the damages alleged are not capable of ascertainment, and do not agree that the requirement of the statute in regard to damages is technical.