Case Name: VOORHEIS v. PERRINE
Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 1838-02
Citations: 16 N.J.L. 359
Docket Number: 
Parties: VOORHEIS v. PERRINE.
Judges: 
Reporter: New Jersey Law Reports
Volume: 16
Pages: 359–360

Head Matter:
VOORHEIS v. PERRINE.
On Certiorari to Justice of the Peace.
W. Thompson,
moved to reverse the judgment, for the insufficiency of the state of demand.
This was a suit under the act concerning trespasses by swine, Reo. L. 377. The damages had been appraised and the swine were sold and the proceeds of the sale paid to the plaintiff below, who then sued the owner of the swine for the same damage. The state of demand does not state upon whose land, or that on any land, the damage was done.. It should also allege that the defendant below had notice of the injury done &c. And further, it should allege that the plaintiff paid taxes for the premises trespassed upon; and that defendant had notice of the damages being appraised. Penn. R. 250; ib. 344; Chit. PI.; Saund. PI.; Salk.
Hartwell, contra.
The rules of pleading do not apply to Courts of small causes.

Opinion:
By the Court.
The state of demand is deficient. Let the judgment be.
Reversed.