Case Name: HOGAN v. TAYLOR
Court: Superior Court of the Territory of Arkansas
Jurisdiction: Arkansas
Decision Date: 1822-08
Citations: 12 F. Cas. 314
Docket Number: 
Parties: HOGAN v. TAYLOR.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 12
Pages: 314–314

Head Matter:
Case No. 6,584a.
HOGAN v. TAYLOR.
[Hempst. 20.]
Superior Court, Territory of Arkansas.
Aug., 1822.
Judgment — Amount Claimed.
The judgment cannot exceed the amount claimed in the declaration.
[This was a suit by Edmund P. Hogan against Creed Taylor.]

Opinion:
PEE CUKIAM.
The judgment in this case being, rendered for fifty dollars more than the amount claimed in the declaration, is manifestly erroneous, and must be reversed; it being well established, that a greater amount cannot be given than claimed in the declaration. 1 Chit. Pl. 372; Yel. 45; 10 Coke, 117; 3 Com. Dig. tit. "Damages," E. 3. Eeversed.