Case Name: E. Croxton & Co. vs. Thomas Addison
Court: Constitutional Court of South Carolina
Jurisdiction: South Carolina
Decision Date: 1823-11
Citations: 1 Harp. 72
Docket Number: 
Parties: E. Croxton & Co. vs. Thomas Addison.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Carolina Law Reports
Volume: 16
Pages: 72–72

Head Matter:
E. Croxton & Co. vs. Thomas Addison.

Opinion:
In this case the declaration claimed four hundred and seventy-six dollars fifty-seven and three quarter cents, and the verdict was for nine hundred and one dollars. In such case, judgment cannot be entered up for tlie verdict, and a venire facias de novo must be ordered, unless the plaintiff remit the excess beyond the sum claimed in the declaration. But as it appeared that the defendant had a discount, to a large amount, which he was obliged to withdraw on account of the absence of his witness, and therefore the plaintiff could not with safety-enter a remittitur, and a new trial was ordered with leave to the plaintiff to amend his declaration, and to the defendant to plead his discount. Mooney, vs. Welsh, 1 Con. Rep. 133; Brown, et. al. vs. Gibson, 1 Nott M'Cord, 326; Givens, vs. Porteaus, 1 M'Cord, 379.