Case Name: VAN MIDDLESWORTH against DODGE
Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 1810-11
Citations: 3 N.J.L. 722
Docket Number: 
Parties: VAN MIDDLESWORTH against DODGE. [530]
Judges: 
Reporter: New Jersey Law Reports
Volume: 3
Pages: 293–293

Head Matter:
VAN MIDDLESWORTH against DODGE. [530]
ON CERTIORARI.
The action below was founded on the following state of demand:
April 4th, 1809. John J. Van Middlesworth, Dr., to John Dodge, jihe sum of one hundred dollars for damages, for not complying with the bargain made concerning the hatter’s shop, furs and [*] tools.
It was objected that the above state of demand was insufficient.

Opinion:
By the Court.
This state of demand is certainly insufficient. The bargain itself ought to have been set out; it is nothing more than saying, you made a bargain with me about a hatter's shop, which you have not performed. There would not be any safety in going to trial on such an allegation.
Judgment reversed.