Sec. 52-140. Set-off by defendant in suit by assignee.
Sec. 52-140. Set-off by defendant in suit by assignee. In any action brought in
his own name by the assignee of a chose in action not negotiable, the defendant, or any
of the defendants, may set off, in the manner and to the extent provided in section 52-139, any mutual debt between him and the plaintiff or any of the plaintiffs, or between
him and the assignors of such chose in action, or any of them.
(1949 Rev., S. 7861.)
See note to Sec. 52-139.