Case Name: John Wyatt, appellant, vs. Jacob Harden, appellee
Court: Superior Court of the Territory of Arkansas
Jurisdiction: Arkansas
Decision Date: 1822-08
Citations: 1 Ark. Terr. Rep. 17
Docket Number: 
Parties: John Wyatt, appellant, vs. Jacob Harden, appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the United States Superior Court for the Territory of Arkansas, from 1820 to 1836
Volume: 1
Pages: 17–17

Head Matter:
John Wyatt, appellant, vs. Jacob Harden, appellee.
1. When a substantial amendment is made in a declaration, the defendant should be allowed until the next succeeding term to plead.
2. It is improper to allow evidence to go to the jury which would constitute the ground of a separate action.
August, 1822.
— Appeal determined before Benjamin Johnson, Andrew Scott, and Joseph Selden, judges.

Opinion:
Opinion oe the Court. — The judgment in this case must be reversed upon two grounds: 1. The court erred in not allowing the appellant, the defendant in the court below, until the next term to plead, after a substantial amendment of the declaration had been made. 2. The court erred in permitting any evidence to go to the jury in relation to a ferry, as a disturbance of or injury done thereto would constitute the ground of a separate action. Reversed.