Case Name: STOUT against PHILLIPS
Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 1806-11
Citations: 2 N.J.L. 141
Docket Number: 
Parties: [103] STOUT against PHILLIPS.
Judges: 
Reporter: New Jersey Law Reports
Volume: 2
Pages: 130–131

Head Matter:
[103] STOUT against PHILLIPS.
OK CERTIORARI.
Reversal. Demand uncertain. Damages for not paying debt punctually, not allowed.
It was contended, on the part of the plaintiff in this court, who was the defendant below, that the state of demand was uncertain, illegal, and wanted substance. 'The state of demand, is as follows:

Opinion:
By the Court.
— The first part of the state of demand is too uncertain for any judgment to be rendered on it, the latter part is illegal; damages cannot be recovered for tbe want of punctuality in the payment of a debt. Both being put together, and entire damages given, [*] the whole is erroneous, and the judgment must be reversed.