Commonwealth v. Matlack

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Commonwealth v. Matlack

4 U.S. 263

DecidedSeptember 15, 1804

StatusPublished

This text of 4 U.S. 263 (Commonwealth v. Matlack) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Supreme Court of Pennsylvania primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

Commonwealth v. Matlack, 4 U.S. 263 (1804).

Pincite

Opinion

But after argument, The Court declared, that the defendant could not indirectly recover from the state, a substantive independent claim, by way of set-off, any more than he could directly recover a debt due from the state, by bringing a suit against her. That the present action was brought to compel an account for money received for the use of the senate; in which the defendant, if he proved that the money received was so applied, would be entitled to a verdict; but that even then, he could not be entitled to a verdict for the amount of his advances; which the senate alone was competent to allow.

Verdict, generally, for the defendant.

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

But after argument, The Court declared, that the defendant could not indirectly recover from the state, a substantive independent claim, by way of set-off, any more than he could directly recover a debt due from the state, by bringing a suit against her. That the present action was brought to compel an account for money received for the use of the senate; in which the defendant, if he proved that the money received was so applied, would be entitled to a verdict; but that even then, he could not be entitled to a verdict for the amount of his advances; which the senate alone was competent to allow.

Verdict, generally, for the defendant.

Cite This Page — Counsel Stack

Bluebook (online)

4 U.S. 263, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/commonwealth-v-matlack-pa-1804.