Chase & Co. v. Bean

Doe, C. J. An action at law cannot be maintained by copartners to recover a debt which has been discharged by one of them, and paid by a set-off of his separate debt with his assent, when the defendant *184 acted in good faith. Homer v. Wood, 11 Cush. 62; Williams v. Brimhall, 13 Gray 462; Tay v. Ladd, 15 Gray 296; Greeley v. Wyeth, 10 N. H. 15. Case discharged. Bingham, J., did not sit.