Hilliard v. Walker

11 Ill. 644

• Court: Illinois Supreme Court
• Decided: June 15, 1850
• Status: Published

Opinion

Opinion by Treat, O. J.:

The application for a continuance was properly denied. The facts sought to be proved by the absent witnesses would not have benefited the defendant. The evidence would only have showed that the firm of C. & A. Walker, of which firm the plaintiff was a member, was indebted to the defendant. That joint indebtedness could not be set off against a separate demand due to one of the partners. Demands cannot be set off, unless they are mutual, and between the parties to the action. Burgwin vs. Babcock, ante, 28.

The record fails to show that the defendant excepted to the giving of the instructions complained of. No question, therefore, arises as to their correctness.

The motion for a new trial was properly refused. The finding of the jury was clearly authorized by the evidence. The plaintiff read in evidence two promissory notes, the principal and interest of which, at the time of the trial, amounted to about $2,283. There was a credit on one of the notes of $101 95 j and the defendant proved that the plaintiff had assumed the payment to him of $ 270 or $ 300, for goods furnished to a third person. The verdict was for $ 1,814 80.

The judgment will be affirmed, with costs.

Judgment affirmed.