Case Name: John Fowler v. John Cowper
Court: Kentucky Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Kentucky
Decision Date: 1801-08-05
Citations: 1 Sneed 58
Docket Number: 
Parties: John Fowler v. John Cowper.
Judges: 
Reporter: Kentucky Reports
Volume: 2
Pages: 58–59

Head Matter:
AUGUST 5, 1801.
John Fowler v. John Cowper.
Upon a writ of error to reverse a judgment of the Court of Quarter Sessions of Fayette county.
1. A judgment upon a verdict, which is not authorized by the pleadings, is «erroneous.
2. A judgment for the debt demanded in the declaration, to be discharged by ithe payment of a larger sum, is erroneous.
3. Where there is a material variance between the obligation declared on, :and the one given in evidence to the jury, the verdict and judgment thereon «can not be sustained.

Opinion:
The judgment is erroneous, it being given on a verdict which is not supported by the pleadings; and it is also illegal, it being given for the debt declared for, to be discharged by the payment of a larger sum. Moreover, there is a material variance between the obligation declared on and the one which was given in evidence to the jury; and there is a material variance between the writ and the declaration. Therefore, it is considered by the court, that the judgment aforesaid be reversed and set aside; that the cause be remanded to the court from whence it came, for new proceedings to be had therein, to commence from the writ, and that the plaintiff recover of the defendant his costs in this behalf expended; which is ordered to be certified to the said court.