Martin v. Warburton
Martin v. Warburton
Opinion of the Court
delivered the opinion of the Court.
These two cases are appeals from the Third District Court of the same character as the preceding case, and affected by the same'error, and like order will be made in them.
In the last case, Lynch v. Lee, it appears .that there was no right of recovery shown in any view. Lynch, .as Sheriff, claimed a surrender from the Defendant of the Looks, records, &c., appertaining to the office of Sheriff, It appeared in evidence that the Defendant had abso-. lutely nothing of that character within his control, but
Concurring Opinion
concurred.
Dissenting Opinion
delivered the following dissenting opinion in the cases of Martin v. Warburton and Chamberlain v. Warburton:
I am compelled to dissent from the judgment of a majority of the Court in these two cases. The judgment of the Court is based upon the fact that a jury trial was demanded and refused. The matter of damages was the only thing which would warrant a claim for jury.
Had the judgment in respect to damages in this case been as it was in the case of Brown v. Atkin, the grounds of complaint in respect to a jury would have been taken away, and the Defendants (Appellants) would not have been harmed by the refusal of the Judge to grant a jury. The judgments, according to my view, should in these cases have been as in the case of Brown v. Atkin, as to the matter of damages, and otherwise these judgments should have been affirmed.
Concurring Opinion
delivered the following opinion, concurring in the judgment in the case of Lynch v. Lee:
I cannot agree with a majority of the Court in the matter of the jury, for reasons given by me in the cases of Chamberlain v. Warburton, and Martin v. Warburton.
Upon the other ground given in the opinion off the Court, I agree to a reversal of the .judgment below,
Reference
- Full Case Name
- ENOCH MARTIN v. RICHARD WARBURTON, Appellant and JAMES M. LYNCH v. WM. H. LEE
- Status
- Published