Case ID: njl_10/html/0341-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Daniel Lake and Reuben Vankirk against Benjamin Merrill.
    CERTIORARI.
    If judgment is rendered for a sum exceeding the amount mentioned in the state of demand, the judgment will be reversed.
   By the Court.

The sum demanded by the plaintiff in the state of demand filed before the justice is $37.92, and judgment was rendered on the appeal in his favor for a larger sum $40.04 debt besides costs. On this ground the judgment was reversed in Hawk v. Anderson, 4 Halst. 319.

Judgment reversed.