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McArthur v. Wilson

79 S.E. 374, 13 Ga. App. 502, 1913 Ga. App. LEXIS 238
CourtCourt of Appeals of Georgia
DecidedSeptember 23, 1913
Docket4972
StatusPublished
Cited by6 cases

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Bluebook
McArthur v. Wilson, 79 S.E. 374, 13 Ga. App. 502, 1913 Ga. App. LEXIS 238 (Ga. Ct. App. 1913).

Opinion

Hill, C. J.

1. In this State the statutory right of set-off is restricted to demands or claims of a similar nature to that of the plaintiff, and a claim arising ex contractu can not be set off against a claim arising ex delicto. Civil Code (1910), § 5521; Geer v. Cowart, 5 Ga. App. 251 (62 S. E. 1054).

2. Except as above limited, the right of set-off is a purely equitable right, cognizable only in a court of equity. Hecht v. Snook, 114 Ga. 923 (41 S. E. 74). The city courts of this State have no jurisdiction to allow equitable set-off.

3. In a trover suit a plea setting up a debt claimed by the defendant against the plaintiff should not have been allowed. Judgment reversed.

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79 S.E. 374, 13 Ga. App. 502, 1913 Ga. App. LEXIS 238, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/mcarthur-v-wilson-gactapp-1913.