Case Name: Bowers v. M'Nutt.-On appeal
Court: Supreme Court of Indiana
Jurisdiction: Indiana
Decision Date: 1839-11-27
Citations: 5 Blackf. 231
Docket Number: 
Parties: Bowers v. M’Nutt.—On appeal.
Judges: 
Reporter: Blackford
Volume: 5
Pages: 231–231

Head Matter:
Bowers v. M’Nutt.—On appeal.
Wednesday, November 27.

Opinion:
A JUSTICE of the peace rendered judgment again'st a defendant on the 30th of June, 1838. Two days afterwards, he granted the defendant a new trial unconditionally upon good cause shown. On the 21st of August, 1838, the day fixed for the new trial,, the justice set aside the order for a new trial, and affirmed his previous judgment..
Held, that by the granting of the new trial, the original judgment was set aside; that the subsequent judgment of affirmance on the 21st of August, 1838, must be viewed as a judgment of that date in favour of the plaintiff for the amount of the first judgment; and that, therefore, the time for taking an appeal should be reckoned from the date of the judgment last rendered. Yide Stat. 1831, p. 303, sec. 30.