Case Name: DARLING RASH vs. EDWARD HOLLIDAY
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Jurisdiction: Delaware
Decision Date: 1836
Citations: 2 Harr. 138
Docket Number: 
Parties: DARLING RASH vs. EDWARD HOLLIDAY.
Judges: 
Reporter: Delaware Reports
Volume: 2
Pages: 138–138

Head Matter:
DARLING RASH vs. EDWARD HOLLIDAY.
Certiorari to Justice Ringgold.
The action below was in trespass. The summons stated the damages claimed to be twenty dollars. Referees reported in favor of plaintiff below twenty-five dollars, and judgment rendered by the jus* tice for -that sum.
Bates, for Colescott.
Frame, for Rash.

Opinion:
The Court
reversed both of these judgments, on the ground that the plaintiffs could not legally obtain judgment for a greater amount than was stated in the summons to be claimed from the defendants respectively.