Case ID: dc_1/html/0418-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "But the Couet", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Wise v. Groverman.
    If, after a plea of nil debet, by the appearance-hail, the principal comes in and gives special bail, and pleads the same plea, the plaintiff is entitled to a continuance of course.
    There had been a plea of “ owe nothing,” by the appearance-bail and issue. The principal defendant now came in, and gave special bail, and pleaded the same plea, “ owe nothing.”
    
      Mr. Jones, for the plaintiff,
    contended for a continuance, as a matter of course.
    
      Mr. Youngs, for the defendant,
    cited the case of Alexander v. Patten, [ante, 338,] where the Court refused a continuance to the defendant, on account of the appearance of the administrator of the plaintiff.
   But the Couet

thought the plaintiff entitled to a continuance of course, in the same manner as on setting aside a writ of inquiry, it being the default of the defendant that he did not appear before.

Continued.

Duckett, J., absent.