Case Name: BISHOP against JONES
Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 1813-09
Citations: 3 N.J.L. 1041
Docket Number: 
Parties: BISHOP against JONES.
Judges: 
Reporter: New Jersey Law Reports
Volume: 3
Pages: 592–593

Head Matter:
BISHOP against JONES.
ON GERTIORARI.
Jones sued Bishop before the justice, in an action of trespass, for taking away four loads of hay, and 50 water melons; but in the state of demand, he had charged Bishop with one day’s mowing and cocking hay, and with the hire of a boat; and there was a verdict for the plaintiff below.
Elmer, for plaintiff.

Opinion:
By the Court.
This is an action of trespass, in which is demanded, besides- damage for the trespass, wages for work and labor, and also hire of a boat. Tort and contract are clearly put into one action. This is repugnant to settled rales of law.
J udgment reversed.