Case Name: CLARKE against CLARKE
Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 1810-11
Citations: 3 N.J.L. 724
Docket Number: 
Parties: CLARKE against CLARKE.
Judges: 
Reporter: New Jersey Law Reports
Volume: 3
Pages: 295–295

Head Matter:
CLARKE against CLARKE.
ON OEBTIOEAEI.
On the return day of the summons, before the justice, the defendant did not appear. The justice however proceeded to judgment, and as to which, made the following entry in his docket. “ The plaintiff filed his account, and demanded judgment against the defendant; and I gave judgment against the defendant, fifty-four dollars debt, and fifty-three cents cost.”

Opinion:
By The Court.
The judgment has been rendex-ed without evidence or trial.
Judgment reversed.