Case Name: Smith v. Nolen
Court: High Court of Errors and Appeals of Mississippi
Jurisdiction: Mississippi
Decision Date: 1838-01
Citations: 2 Howard 735
Docket Number: 
Parties: Smith v. Nolen.
Judges: 
Reporter: Mississippi Reports
Volume: 3
Pages: 735–735

Head Matter:
Smith v. Nolen.
Where the action is debt, and the judgment is in damages, it will be regarded as a clerical mistake, and not ground for reversal of judgment.
IN error to the Hinds circuit court.
This was an action of debt on a sealed instrument. After issue joined, the jury returned the following verdict. “We, the jury, find for the plaintiff and assess his damages at three hundred and sixty-six dollars;” which verdict was assigned for error.
Lindsay and Davenport, for plaintiff in error.
S. C. Barton, contra.

Opinion:
Per Curiam. —
This is an action of debt on a writing obligatory, and on verdict for the plaintiff below, judgment for 366 dollars in damages was rendered in his favor. The only error assigned, and relied on is, that the action was debt, and the judgment was in damages. This, according to the authority, must he considered as a clerical mistake, and not such an error as will justify a reversal of the judgment, especially as it was given on verdict. The judgment might have been corrected at any time by our statute. Hardin's Rep. 76.
The judgment must be affirmed.