Case Name: Peter Demaree v. Wm. Jackson
Court: Kentucky Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Kentucky
Decision Date: 1801-07-30
Citations: 1 Sneed 56
Docket Number: 
Parties: Peter Demaree v. Wm. Jackson.
Judges: 
Reporter: Kentucky Reports
Volume: 2
Pages: 56–56

Head Matter:
JULY 30, 1801.
Peter Demaree v. Wm. Jackson.
Upon a writ of error to reverse a judgment of the Court of Quarter Sessions of Henry county.
In an action for a debt due by account, a judgment rendered by the court, without the intervention of a jury, is erroneous.

Opinion:
The plaintiff in the court below, having shown by the charges contained in the attachment that he was not entitled to this remedy, the court erred in rendering a judgment against the defendant; indeed, the judgment must be considered as erroneous if there had been a legal foundation for issuing the attachment, inasmuch as the attachment states a debt due by account, and judgment is rendered by the court for the debt without the intervention of a jury. Therefore, it is considered by the court that the judgment aforesaid be reversed and set aside, and that the plaintiff recover of the defendant his costs by him expended in this and the inferior court, which is ordered to be certified to the said court.