Case Name: Young v. Reuben
Court: Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1784-12
Citations: 1 Dall. 119
Docket Number: 
Parties: Young v. Reuben.
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Reports
Volume: 1
Pages: 121–121

Head Matter:
DECEMBER TERM, 1784.
Young v. Reuben.
Award.
An award of a sum of money, due at a prior date, with interest, is void for uncertainty.
Overruled in Wood v. Earl, 5 Rawle 45.

Opinion:
Under a rule of this court, referees reported, " that the sum of 751. was due the 3d of Ma/rch last, with interest on the same." The time mentioned was several months before the meeting of the referees; and, on motion, The Court set aside the report for the uncertainty ; as there might have been a sum due on the 3d of March, and nothing due at the time of making the report,
See Barnet v. Gilson, 3 S. & R. 340; Burkholder v. McFerran, Id. 422; Zerger v. Sailor, 6 Binn. 24; White v. Jones, 8 S. & R. 349.