Case Name: Douw vs. Rice
Court: New York Supreme Court of Judicature
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1834-04
Citations: 11 N.Y. 178
Docket Number: 
Parties: Douw vs. Rice.
Judges: 
Reporter: Wendell's Reports
Volume: 11
Pages: 180–180

Head Matter:
Douw vs. Rice.
A notice endorsed on a declaration served on a defendant, requiring him to take notice of a rule to plead within days, is sufficient, where there is no complaint that the party has been misled.
This suit was commenced by the filing and service of a declaration. The notice endorsed on the declaration served, required the defendant to take notice of a rule to plead within days. The defendant did not put in a plea, and the plaintiff entered his default, which was now moved to be set aside as irregularly entered.
W. Darling, for defendant.
M. T. Reynolds, contra.

Opinion:
By the Court,
Savage, Ch. J.
Take notice of a rule to plead would be a good notice endorsed on a declaration served on an attorney, and surely the service of a declaration, with a notice like that endorsed in this case on a party, was enough to put him on inquiry. There is no complaint that the defendant *has been misled ; and it is manifest, therefore, that this is an attempt to take advantage of a mere inadvertence. The motion is denied with costs.