Shaw v. Raritan & Delaware Bay Railroad
Shaw v. Raritan & Delaware Bay Railroad
Opinion of the Court
The practice act of 1846, (Nix. Dig. 659, § 65,) enacts that every cause shall be tried at the next court after issue joined, or on failure thereof, judgment shall
Since this rule was framed, the act approved April 6th, 1865, (Sess. Acts, p. 832,) has enacted that if the plaintiff shall neglect to bring his cause to trial at any term of the Circuit Court, after the cause is at issue, and after sufficient time has elapsed to enable him to give the requisite notice of trial, judgments shall be awarded for the defendant, as in case of a non-suit, with costs, unless the court, upon just and reasonable terms, allow further time. This act must be held to have superseded the twenty-first rule, so that now the plaintiff must notice his cause for trial at every circuit after it has been a sufficient time at issue, or subject himself to the risk of being non-suited. But unless the motion for such judgment is made at the next term after the first failure, there must be two days’ notice to entitle the defendant to be heard. Until such a notice is given, the motion must be denied.
At a subsequent day in the term, a notice of the motion having been given, and no just cause for allowing further time being shown, judgment for the defendant, as in case of a non-suit, was ordered, with costs.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- WILLIAM SHAW ads. THE RARITAN AND DELAWARE BAY RAILROAD COMPANY
- Status
- Published