Indiana Supreme Court, 1820

Stevens v. Dunbar

Stevens v. Dunbar
Indiana Supreme Court · Decided July 15, 1820
1 Blackf. 56; 1820 Ind. LEXIS 4

Stevens v. Dunbar

Opinion

HELD, that a judgment in favour of the defendant upon a demurrer to the declaration, is no bar to a subsequent suit for the same cause. Lepping v. Kedgewin, 1 Mod. 207 (1).

Held,, also, that in an action of debt upon a note, the interest ascertained to be due at th^ime of the judgment, ought to be entered as so much in damages; and that the judgment in such case is that the plaintiff recover against the defendant the sum of-dollars in debt, and He sum of-dollars in damages, making in all thé sum of-dollars, together with his costs and charges.

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