Case ID: njl_2/html/0133-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "Kirkpatrick, C. J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

BRAY against VAN NOTE.
    ON CERTIORARI.
    Reversal, written plea requisite, with set-off only. No style of action.
   Kirkpatrick, C. J.

— The defendant filed no plea; and, therefore, the justice precluded him from making any defense before the jury. The act does not require a written plea, except in cases of set-off; the justice therefore in this, has mistaken the law; besides the style or nature of the action, does not appear on the record.

Eosseix and Pennington, Justices, concurred.

Judgment reversed.