Case Name: William B. Marshall, plaintiff in error, vs. Jesse Jeffries, defendant in error
Court: Superior Court of the Territory of Arkansas
Jurisdiction: Arkansas
Decision Date: 1836-02
Citations: 1 Ark. Terr. Rep. 299
Docket Number: 
Parties: William B. Marshall, plaintiff in error, vs. Jesse Jeffries, defendant in error.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the United States Superior Court for the Territory of Arkansas, from 1820 to 1836
Volume: 1
Pages: 299–300

Head Matter:
William B. Marshall, plaintiff in error, vs. Jesse Jeffries, defendant in error.
“ Jeffery ” and “ Jeffries ” are not idem sonans.
February, 1836.
— Error to Lawrence Circuit Court, deter-, mined before Benjamin Johnson and Archibald Yell, judges.

Opinion:
Johnson, J.,
delivered the opinion of the Court. — This is an action of trespass for an assault and battery, brought by Jeffries against Marshall. Marshall pleaded a misnomer of the plaintiff named, alleging that he was called and known by the name of Jesse Jeffery, and not by the name of Jesse Jeffries. To this plea Jeffries demurred, and the demurrer was sustained.
The only question for the consideration of this court, relates to the decision on the demurrer to the plea in abatement.
We think the court erred in sustaining the demurrer to that plea. We do not think that Jeffery and Jeffries are the same name. They are differently spelt, and clearly cannot be said to be idem sonans.
The judgment must be reversed, and the cause remanded, with directions to permit the defendant in error to reply to the plea of misnomer, if he shall apply for leave to do so, and on his failure, then to give judgment in accordance with the plea in abatement. Reversed.