Case Name: PEARSON against BRIGGS
Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 1810-02
Citations: 3 N.J.L. 622
Docket Number: 
Parties: [462] PEARSON against BRIGGS.
Judges: 
Reporter: New Jersey Law Reports
Volume: 3
Pages: 204–204

Head Matter:
[462] PEARSON against BRIGGS.
ON CERTIORARI.
A copy of account.had been filed in this cause.' On the day of trial, the justice made the following entry in his docket, viz.: — “ The constable made return of summons, legally served; no plea by the defendant; I give judgment,” &c.

Opinion:
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By the Court.
It is. evident that there was no evidence of the truth of the account adduced at the trial; there was judgment without trial. It must be
Reversed.