Supreme Court of Vermont March 15, 1843 (Day v. Abbott)

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Williams, Ch. J.

This action was commenced in February, 1840, before the Revised Statutes went into operation. It is an action on book, and, after the account had been adjusted by auditors, the defendant plead in offset a judgment in his favor against the plaintiff, Day, recovered in April, 1837, on which was due, at the time the plea was filed, the sum