Court Opinion

ID: 7666773
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-30 00:47:05.540764+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:26:07.621546
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LYONS, Judge,
delivered the resolution of the Court, to the following effect:
That, as to the first point relative to the demand and refusal, there was no room for exception upon that ground; because the defendant, by appearing and contesting the claim, had rendered it unnecessary that further proof, with regard thereto, should be stated in the record. But, with respect to the second point, relative to the damages, the Court was clearly of opinion that the judgment was erroneous; for the 15 per cent, damages are not given against an attorney by the act of Assembly, which merely relates to the notice and mode of conducting the cause, but does not create a penalty. That, therefore, the judgment of the District Court was to be reversed, and judgment entered for the debt only.