Case Name: BUTTS v. SHREVE et al.
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1801-10
Citations: 4 F. Cas. 929
Docket Number: 
Parties: BUTTS v. SHREVE et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 4
Pages: 929–929

Head Matter:
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.

Opinion:
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.