Case Name: GALE against HILL
Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 1808-05
Citations: 3 N.J.L. 414
Docket Number: 
Parties: GALE against HILL.
Judges: 
Reporter: New Jersey Law Reports
Volume: 3
Pages: 8–9

Head Matter:
GALE against HILL.
ON CEETIOBARI.
The whole of the proceedings below, including judgment, is contained in the following entry in the justice’s docket: Warrant in debt, on a note dated 24th Nov., 1806. The warrant given to Jacob Sailor, constable, and returned with the body of the defendant, and judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff for $60.74 debt, and 68 cents costs.
Grane, attorney for plaintiff.

Opinion:
By the Court.
There is no state of demand filed, nor does it appear that any trial was had, but on the constable bringing in the defendant, the justice entered judgment against him; this is too loose a proceeding to be supported. Judgment must be reversed.