Case Name: HALL & CO. against DOWNS ET AL.
Court: Vermont Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Vermont
Decision Date: 1816
Citations: 1 Brayt. 168
Docket Number: No. 5
Parties: HALL & CO. against DOWNS ET AL.
Judges: 
Reporter: Brayton
Volume: 1
Pages: 168–169

Head Matter:
No. 5.
HALL & CO. against DOWNS ET AL.
Franklin,
1816.

Opinion:
WHERE the verdict is manifestly contrary to law, a new' trial will be granted.
Any plea,, to an' action on book, which, in its effects, necessarily puts in issue a fact, to which it is competent for the plaintiff to testify, before auditors, and by which plea the burden of proof is cast on the plaintiff, is bad*