Case Name: John Brown v. Matthias Williamson
Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 1826-09
Citations: 8 N.J.L. 447
Docket Number: 
Parties: John Brown v. Matthias Williamson.
Judges: 
Reporter: New Jersey Law Reports
Volume: 8
Pages: 447–448

Head Matter:
John Brown v. Matthias Williamson.
1. A notice which states that a motion will be made on Friday the seventh, (when Friday is the eighth of the month) is liad.
2. Where the object of the defendant is to add now bail as well as to justify, a notice merely that he intends to perfect bail is not sufficient.
The plaintiff in this ease had excepted to the bail put in by the defendant; and the defendant gave notice to the plaintiff that he would “ put in and perfect special bail on Friday, the seventh day of-September,” &c.
0. Halsted, for the defendant,
now moved for leave under this notice to add new bail and to justify as to both.
Scudder, for the plaintiff,
objected to this motion. 1st. Because the notice was served on the plaintiff instead of his attorney. 2d. Because the notice was for Friday, the seventh, when Friday was the eighth of September. 3d. Because the notice did not state that new or additional bail was to be given.
0. Halsted, in reply contended :
1st. That by the fair construction of the statute, Rev. Latos, 417, sec. 30, notice to the plaintiff was sufficient. 2d. That the day of the month mentioned in the notice might be disregarded, and that the time intended was fixed with sufficient precision by the designation of the day of the week; the plaintiff understood perfectly what time was meant by it, for he was here by his attorney to oppose the motion. 3d. That the words to “ put in affid perfect bail,” used in the notice, were sufficiently comprehensive to embrace additional bail.

Opinion:
Ford, J.
The notice is defective as it regards the last two-objections ; Friday, the seventh, will not do for Friday, the eighth; and where the object is to add new bail, a notice to-perfect bail will not do.
"Motion refused.
See the form of a notice proper to be given in a case of this kind in Tidd's appendix, 93, sec. 15, and see 1 Arch. Prac. 84, 87.