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Case No. 2,258.
    BUTTS v. SHREVE et al.
    [1 Cranch, C. C. 40.] 1
    Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
    Oct. Term, 1801.
    Verdict in Pounds Sterling — Arrest or Judgment.
    It is no cause for arresting judgment, that the jury have found the damages in pounds, when the damages in the declaration are laid in dollars.
   The defendants Shreve and Lawrason pleaded jointly non assumpserunt. Slacum pleaded severally non assumpsit, and no-property in the vessel for the expenses on which the suit was brought. Issues were-joined on all the pleas, and the verdict was:. “We of the jury find for the plaintiff, and assess his damages at- pounds.” The-damages in the declaration were laid in dollars. Sands v. Scullard, Yel. 109; Skipwith v. Baird, 2 Wash. (Va.) 165; Hawks v. Crofton, 2 Burrows, 698; Jennings v. Lee Style, 150, 198, 210; Burton v. Chapman, 1 Sid. 341. Judgment for the plaintiff.