Supreme Court of New Jersey, 1809

Caldwell v. French

Caldwell v. French
Supreme Court of New Jersey · Decided November 15, 1809
3 N.J.L. 613

Caldwell v. French

Opinion of the Court

By the Court.

— The credit ought to appear on the face of the account delivered the justice. This not having been done, we must consider the sum in controversy as exceeding the jurisdiction of the justice. The copy of account, or state of demand, required bylaw to be delivered the justice, forms [*] the ground work of the action; and constitutes in courts for the trial of small causes, the declaration.

Judgment reversed.

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