Case Name: Ephraim S. Sawyer v. Jonas Miller
Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 1825-05
Citations: 8 N.J.L. 170
Docket Number: 
Parties: Ephraim S. Sawyer v. Jonas Miller.
Judges: 
Reporter: New Jersey Law Reports
Volume: 8
Pages: 170–171

Head Matter:
Ephraim S. Sawyer v. Jonas Miller.
ON CERTIORARI.
A copy of account containing general charges such as “ amount from day book” without specifying the particulars of which the amount is composed, is defective.
Sims for the plaintiff.

Opinion:
The Court reversed the judgment because the copy of account filed before the justice, by the defendant in whose favor it was rendered, was defective. One of the items of the account was as follows : " Aug. 13, To expenses from Tavern Book, pages 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, $2.24." And most of the items were thus, " Amo't from Bay Book."