Richter v. Hanneman

Citations

• 119 F. 471
• 1902 U.S. App. LEXIS 5291

Syllabus

<p>1. Set-Off—Claim in Different Rights—Personal and Representative Capacity.</p> <p>Since a husband cannot recover choses in action of which his wife died seised, and to which he is entitled as a distributee, except through administration, such claims are not due to him personally, and cannot, therefore, be set off against a personal debt due by him to the plaintiff.</p>