Supreme Court of Vermont December 15, 1855 (Gleason v. Briggs)

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Redfiebd, Ch. J.

The claim for what Lyons owed the plaintiff, seems to be a valid claim, upon two grounds. It seems to have been a part of the contract of purchase, of the balance of the executions due to Lyons, that what Lyons owed the plaintiff should be deducted; and we do not see why the plaintiff had not a right to retain that, and only account to