Case Name: WYATT v. HARDEN
Court: Superior Court of the Territory of Arkansas
Jurisdiction: Arkansas
Decision Date: 1822-08
Citations: 30 F. Cas. 722
Docket Number: 
Parties: WYATT v. HARDEN.
Judges: Before JOHNSON, SCOTT, and SEEDEN, JJ.
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 30
Pages: 722–722

Head Matter:
Case No. 18,106a.
WYATT v. HARDEN.
[Hempst. 17.]
Superior Court, Territory of Arkansas.
Aug., 1822.
Amendment op Deci.ara.tiox—Time to Plead— Evidence.
1. When a substantial amendment is made in a declaration, the defendant should be allowed until the next succeeding term to plead.
2. It is improper to allow evidence to go to the jury which would constitute the ground of a separate action.
[Appeal by John Wyatt from a judgment in favor of Jacob Harden.]
Before JOHNSON, SCOTT, and SEEDEN, JJ.

Opinion:
OPINION OF
THE COURT.
The judgment in this case must be reversed ujion two grounds: (1) The court erred in not allowing the appellant, the defendant in the court below, until the next term to plead, after a substantial amendment of the declaration had been made. (2) The court erred in permitting any evidence to go to the jury in relation to a ferry, as a disturbance of or injury done thereto would constitute the ground of a separate action. Reversed.