Case Name: Israel Evans vs. Mary McClellan
Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 1830-11
Citations: 12 N.J.L. 123
Docket Number: 
Parties: Israel Evans vs. Mary McClellan.
Judges: 
Reporter: New Jersey Law Reports
Volume: 12
Pages: 142–143

Head Matter:
Israel Evans vs. Mary McClellan.
A state of demand, consisting of the following charge, viz: “ To amount of goods received,” is illegal.
Mary McClellan obtained a judgment against Israel Evans, before a justice of the peace, in an action of debt? upon the following state of demand :
Israel Evans to Mary McClellan, Dr.
September 29th, 1829. To amount of goods received, $1.28.
Evans brought a certiorari, and by 8. R. Hamilton, assigned as a reason for the reversal of this judgment, that the state of demand was indefinite and illegal.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The state of demand is insufficient.
Let the judgment be reversed.