Case Name: HAGER against STILLWELL
Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 1811-11
Citations: 3 N.J.L. 901
Docket Number: 
Parties: [*] HAGER against STILLWELL.
Judges: 
Reporter: New Jersey Law Reports
Volume: 3
Pages: 460–461

Head Matter:
[*] HAGER against STILLWELL.
OB CERTIORARI.

Opinion:
Pennington, J.
The action below, was no doubt intended as an action on the case, in the nature of an action of deceit, for defrauding the plaintiff below, [656] Stillwell, in the sale of a horse. The state of demand is in the following words:
To an action of trespass on the case, to my damage, for deceiving me in horse's eyes, horse purchased of him, one hundred dollars, for same I pray judgment, for this is my demand.
NICHOLAS STILLWELÍ.
Halsey, for plaintiff.
This declaration is certainly too loose. The transaction ought to have been set out, and the deceit specifically charged. Eor this cause, I think judgment must be reversed. The other judges concurred.
Judgment reversed.