Case Name: J. Wood v. Pratt and Davis
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1825-05
Citations: 2 Ohio 23
Docket Number: 
Parties: J. Wood v. Pratt and Davis.
Judges: 
Reporter: Cases decided in the supreme court of ohio : upon the circuit at the special sessions in Columbus
Volume: 2
Pages: 19–19

Head Matter:
J. Wood v. Pratt and Davis.
Chancery.
Case not relievahle in equity.
This cause was heard at the May Term, 1825, in Clermont county, before Judges Pease and Burnet.
The bill states that the defendant, Davis, being a justice of the peace, entered a judgment on his docket against the complainant in favor of S. Pratt, for upward of eighty dollars; that he was not served with process, and had no knowledge of the suit till after judgment had been rendered and execution issued, and prays for a perpetual injunction.
The answer admits the judgment and execution, and avers that complainant' had notice of the suit before the justice — that he appeared at the trial and admitted the debt to be just, .on which judgment was entered against him.
-‘'■-The cause was submitted on bill and answer.

Opinion:
By the Court :
Let the injunction be dissolved and the bill dismissed.