Case Name: Roberts versus Wheelen et al.
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1799-06
Citations: 3 Dall. 506
Docket Number: 
Parties: Roberts versus Wheelen et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Reports
Volume: 3
Pages: 506–506

Head Matter:
Roberts versus Wheelen et al.

Opinion:
THE Plaintiff had obtained a verd'uft; but a new trial was granted, upon condition, that a judgment fhould be entered as a fecurity, for whatever might be ultimately recovered. On the fecond trial, The Court inftruited the Jury,that where» judgment was given merely as a fecurity, the inte reft ought not to be calculated on the amount of the judgment (which included principal and intereft) but only on the fum originally due.