Case Name: ROTCHFORD v. MEADE
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1829-11
Citations: 20 F. Cas. 1254
Docket Number: 
Parties: ROTCHFORD v. MEADE.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 20
Pages: 1254–1255

Head Matter:
Case No. 12,083.
ROTCHFORD v. MEADE.
[3 Cranch, C. C. 650.]
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
Nov., 1829.
Replevin — Cognizance—Joinder of Counts.
In replevin, several counts cannot be joined in the cognizance.
The defendant made cognizance in three counts: 1st. As bailiff of Scholfield, attorney of Harper; 2d. As bailiff of Harper; and, 3d. As bailiff of Scholfield. upon his own seizin. The plaintiff demurred specially to the cognizance, for duplicity. The Virginia statute only gives to plaintiffs in replevin the right to plead double; nor to the defendants.

Opinion:
THE COURT
(nem. con.) was of opinion that several counts cannot be joined, in cognizance in replevin; and especially claims in different rights, which could not be joined in a declaration.
Judgment for the plaintiff on the demurrer.