Lee of Daniel v. Cooke
Lee of Daniel v. Cooke
Opinion of the Court
The objection, that a suit will
The objection to the want of notice of the pendency of the action of detinue, stands curiously upon the statement in the verdict. It would seem that the plaintiff was ready to prove such notice to the executor, if it were necessary. The objection comes from the defendant, that such was improper, because the notice was not charged in the declaration.
The Court however are of opinion, that it was not necessary to charge such notice in the declaration, nor to prove it. Every judgment of a Court is presumed to be fair until the contrary appears, and if there were any collusion between Morgan and Cooke in that action, it should have been pleaded, and proven on the part of the defendant.
Judgment affirmed.
Pegram v. Isabell, 1 Hen. & Munf. 387. Bower's ex. v. Glendening, 4 Munf. 219.
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