Supreme Court of New Jersey, 1808

Crane v. Crane

Crane v. Crane
Supreme Court of New Jersey · Decided May 15, 1808
3 N.J.L. 412

Crane v. Crane

Opinion of the Court

The justice makes the following entry in his docket on the return of the summons, to wit: “ The plaintiff appeared *314and filed his account, defendant did not appear, and I gave judgment for the plaintiff.” It was alleged for error, that there was a judgment without trial, apparent on the face of the record; that it also appeared by the record, that the plaintiff did not file any state of demand, but that the judgment was rendered on a note, which according to the justice’s return, was mislaid.

The Court being of opinion, that here was a judgment without trial, and that no legal state of demand was delivered the justice, Reversed the judgment.

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