Case Name: Palmer against Evertson
Court: New York Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1823-10
Citations: 2 Cow. 417
Docket Number: 
Parties: Palmer against Evertson.
Judges: 
Reporter: Cowen's Reports
Volume: 2
Pages: 417–417

Head Matter:
Palmer against Evertson.
A plea in anon-joind’er"5 otb®rs as de* fendants, cannot be reeeiv®^ea aJte^ar ea g. the general issue.
On certiorari to a Justice’s Court. The action was assumpsit in the Court below, by Palmer against Evertson. Plea, the general issue; and that the suit should have been brought against the defendant and others, as partners.
. . . , „ On trial, a verdict and judgment were given for the defendant; and one question here was, whether the non-joinder of others could be pleaded after the general issue.
L. Maison, for the plaintiff in error.
N. P. Tallmadge, contra.

Opinion:
Curia.
It should have been pleaded in abatement, and consequently came too late after a plea of the general issue. (Per Kenyon, Ch. J. 6 T. R. 770. Laws on Pleading, 108. Cas. Temp. Hardw. 135. 1 Mass. Rep. 358. 1 John. Cas. 101, 2.)
Judgment reversed.