Case Name: Coan against Whitmore
Court: New York Supreme Court of Judicature
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1815-10
Citations: 12 Johns. 353
Docket Number: 
Parties: Coan against Whitmore.
Judges: 
Reporter: Johnson's Reports
Volume: 12
Pages: 353–353

Head Matter:
Coan against Whitmore.
if tie defendant vit ad- diem, in debtTadds a m-find aver-diet for the plaintiff, hecannot ™°Te in j“adsJ|Ps£ecSl
defenda„t cannot take advantage of Mb toD™fePa\ea n'f when "the jury verdict for him!
THIS was an action of debt, on a single bill. The defendant pleaded, 1. JR on est fccctum; 2. Payment at the day ; 3. Payment after the day. The conclusion of these pleas was to the country, and the defendant added the similiter to each, and - / .. . . ’ these issues the jury round a verdict for the plaintiff.
,. » The defendant moved in arrest of judgment, on the ground that the two last pleas, of solvit ad diem, and solvit post diem, required replications.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The defendant, in his special plea, tendered an issue to the country, instead of concluding with a verificatian, as he ought to have done; and he added the similiter himself. This was a mispleading which is cured by the verdict, The defendant cannot take advantage of his own mispleading, to defeat the plaintiff's suit, when the jury have found a verdict for the plaintiff. (Harvey v. Richards, 1 Hen. Bl. Rep. 644.)
Motion denied»