Case Name: John J. Little, admr. &c. against Darby Brannin
Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 1818-11
Citations: 4 N.J.L. 288
Docket Number: 
Parties: John J. Little, admr. &c. against Darby Brannin.
Judges: 
Reporter: New Jersey Law Reports
Volume: 4
Pages: 327–327

Head Matter:
John J. Little, admr. &c. against Darby Brannin.
ON CERTIORARI.
WALL for plaintiff.
Tlie defendant' below, upon the examination of the Confession accounts before the justice, confessed that he was indebted ¡^admhústo the plaintiff, 46 dollars, 32 cents, and the justice ren-trator. dered a general judgment for that sum.
Quicksall vs. Quicksall, Pen. *457. Montfort vs. Vanarsdalen, 2 South. 686. Parker vs. Thompson, 1 Vr. 311. See Sibbit vs. Lloyd, 6 Hal. 163. Reeve vs. Cawley, 2 Har. 415. Stothoff vs. Dunham, 4 Har. 181. Woodruff vs. Woodruff, post 375.

Opinion:
By the Court.
There must be a reversal. A judgment against an administrator, must be against him in his representative character. The admission of the debt by the defendant does not alter the case. His confession is, that he owes as administrator.
Let judgment be reversed.