Bowers v. M'Nutt

Indiana Supreme Court
Bowers v. M'Nutt, 5 Blackf. 231 (Ind. 1839)
1839 Ind. LEXIS 119

Bowers v. M'Nutt

Opinion of the Court

A JUSTICE of the peace rendered judgment again'st a defendant on the 30th of June, 1838. Two days afterwards, he granted the defendant a new trial unconditionally upon good cause shown. On the 21st of August, 1838, the day fixed for the new trial,, the justice set aside the order for a new trial, and affirmed his previous judgment..

Held, that by the granting of the new trial, the original judgment was set aside; that the subsequent judgment of affirmance on the 21st of August, 1838, must be viewed as a judgment of that date in favour of the plaintiff for the amount of the first judgment; and that, therefore, the time for taking an appeal should be reckoned from the date of the judgment last rendered. Yide Stat. 1831, p. 303, sec. 30.

Reference

Full Case Name
Bowers v. M'Nutt.—On appeal
Status
Published