Case Name: Moody versus Hinkley
Court: Maine Supreme Judicial Court
Jurisdiction: Maine
Decision Date: 1852
Citations: 34 Me. 200
Docket Number: 
Parties: Moody versus Hinkley.
Judges: 
Reporter: Maine Reports
Volume: 34
Pages: 200–200

Head Matter:
Moody versus Hinkley.
A declaration charging a trespass upon the plaintiff’s close is had, on general demmrer, if it do not describe the close or allege the venue.
To the decisions of a Judge, in matters of discretion, exceptions do not lie.
On Exceptions from the District Court, Rice, - J.
Ruggles and Gould, for the plaintiff.
Lowell and Foster, for the defendant.

Opinion:
The opinion of the Court, Shepley, C. J., Tenney, Howard and Appleton, J. J., was delivered by
Appleton, J.,
orally. — This is an action of trespass on the case. The declaration alleges, that the defendant's cattle broke into the plaintiff's close, and destroyed his growing crops, but it does not describe the close or specify any venue. A general demurrer was filed and joined. The Judge at the trial ruled,, that the demurrer was well taken. The plaintiff then moved for leave to amend by describing the close and inserting a venue. The motion was refused. To that refusal and to the ruling upon the demurrer, the plaintiff excepted.
It has been argued before us that the declaration is sufficient, but we think otherwise.
The refusal to grant the motion was at discretion. To the decisions of a Judge in matters of discretion, exceptions do not lie. Exceptions overruled.