Case Name: Lyon v. Byington
Court: Iowa Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Iowa
Decision Date: 1859-12-09
Citations: 10 Iowa 124
Docket Number: 
Parties: Lyon v. Byington.
Judges: 
Reporter: Iowa Reports
Volume: 10
Pages: 124–125

Head Matter:
Lyon v. Byington.
1. Original notice It is not necessary to name in an original notice the State in -winch the cause will he tried.
2. Amount or judgment: interest. When the petition inanactionprays for judgment for an amount named, with interest and costs, interest will be computed on the amount claimed by the plaintiff, only from the commencement of the action.
Appeal from Johnson District Court.
Friday, December 9.
ACTION on a promissory note. The petition prays for judgment for the sum of seven hundred dollars “with interest and costs.” The defendant made a special appearance and objected to the sufficiency of the notice, for the reason that it does not give the name of the state in which the action is commenced. The objection was overruled, and defendant answered. Trial, and judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
Le Grand Byington pro se.
McKay § Bradley for tbe.appellee.

Opinion:
WRIGHT. C. J.
I. Tbe original notice was not defective in .omitting tbe name of the State. It follows tbe form given in tbe Code, and more is not required.
II. The action was commenced prior to tbe October term, 1857, of tbe Johnson District Court, and judgment rendered in January, 1859. It is not true, therefore, that the judgment was rendered at the appearance term. Appellant, in this respect, mistakes the record. And tb.e same may bo said of tbe assignment, based upon tbe ground that tbe judge trying tbe cause was plaintiff's attorney. Judge Dillon and not Judge Miller tried tbe cause.
III. Appellant concedes that tbe judgment exceeds the amount to which plaintiff is entitled under tbe notice and petition, in tbe sum of $1.80, and this he remits. There is no error in tbe amount of tbe judgment beyond this as claimed by appellant. Plaintiff under bis notice and petition was entitled to interest on tbe amount claimed, from the commencement of bis suit. Butcher v. Brand, 6 Iowa 235; Haven & Buck v. Baldwin, 5 Ib. 503.
IY. Defendant answers that for a consideration time of payment was extended, and that under this contract tbe note sued on was not due when the action was commenced. He now claims -that this part of bis answer was not denied, and that the court therefore erred in rendering judgment for plaintiff. In this assumption the appellant is not sustained by tbe record. It is true that tbe replication is not very specific in its denial of tbe matter stated in the answer ; but we think after judgment, and when tbe objection is made for tbe first time in this court, it is sufficient.
Y. It is not assigned for error that tbe judgment was rendered by default, while tbe defendant's answer was on file. Judgment affirmfed, except as to tbe excess remitted by appellant, plaintiff paying tbe costs of this court,