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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

*319] *John Hawk and others vs. George W. Anderson.
    If judgment is rendered for a sum exceeding the amount demanded in the state of demand, it will be reversed.
    This was a certiorari to the Common Pleas of the county of Warren, brought by Hawk and others'to reverse a judgment rendered against them on an appeal.
    
      Ryerson, for the plaintiffs in certiorari,
    assigued as a reason for reversal, that the Court of Common Pleas rendered judgment in favor of the plaintiff below, for a sum of money, which, exclusive of-costs, exceeded the sum demanded by the plaintiff in his state of demand. The judgment was for twenty dollars, and the sum claimed in the state of demand was fifteen.
    This reason being verified by the record and state of demand, The Court reversed the judgment.