Case ID: njl_1/html/0063-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "Per Cur.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

McCAULY v. BARNES.
    The amount of the verdict before a justice is presumed to be the sum really due, in order to ascertain whether he had jurisdiction.
    
      Certiorari to Justice Adams.
    This was an action of debt for £12. On the trial, Barnes (plaintiff below) produced a list of executions to the amount of £23, against one Bowne, for which MeCauly had become surety. Barnes had given credit on the execution for £5 7s. Id,. The jury gave a verdict for £12. The objection was to the jurisdiction of the justice.
   [53] The demand of the plaintiff is verified by the verdict; the amount found must be presumed to be the sura really due.

Per Cur.

Affirm the judgment.