Case Name: Bliss vs Covington and Lexington Turnpike Company
Court: Kentucky Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Kentucky
Decision Date: 1840-04-15
Citations: 9 Dana 265
Docket Number: 
Parties: Bliss vs Covington and Lexington Turnpike Company.
Judges: 
Reporter: Kentucky Reports
Volume: 39
Pages: 265–265

Head Matter:
Bliss vs Covington and Lexington Turnpike Company.
April, 15.
The accidental destruction of a bond or note, after an action at law has been commenced upon it, will not oust the court of its jurisdiction.
Appeal from a J. P.
From the Circuit Court for Campbell County.
[Mr Owsley for plaintiff: Mr. C. S. Morehead for defendant.]

Opinion:
The Chief Justice
delivered the Opinion of the Court
There can be no doubt that the Justice of the Peace had jurisdiction of the amount due on the covenant in this case.
Nor have we any doubt that, as the covenant was in existence, and within the power of the plaintiff in the action, when the suit was commenced, the accidental destruction of it by burning, pendente lite, did not oust the common law court of jurisdiction, even if it should be conceded that here now, where profert is not essential, an action at law cannot be maintained on a covenant lost at the date of the writ.
Wherefore, the judgment is affirmed.