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

Way v. Clark.
    Where a writ is dated the 5th of December, 1791, to summon the defendant to appear on the 12th of December “next" — the word next, refers to the month, and is December A. D. 1792.
   Error to reverse a judgment of a justice; the writ was dated the 5th of December A. D. 1791, and summoned the defendant to answer to said action on the 13th of December next, and judgment was entered up by the justice on the 13th of December A. D. 1791, upon default; judgment was reversed, for next refers to the month which, was December A. D. 1792; Nichols v. Lewis, same point adjudged upon a writ of error this court.