Case: Roberts versus Wheelen et al.
Abbreviation: Roberts v. Wheelen
Decision Date: 1799-06
Docket Number: 
Citation: 3 Dall. 506
Volume: 3
Reporter: United States Reports
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Parties: Roberts versus Wheelen et al.
Judges: 
Pages: 506–506

Head Matter:
Roberts versus Wheelen et al.

Opinion:
THE Plaintiff had obtained a verd'uft; but a new trial was granted, upon condition, that a judgment fhould be entered as a fecurity, for whatever might be ultimately recovered. On the fecond trial, The Court inftruited the Jury,that where» judgment was given merely as a fecurity, the inte reft ought not to be calculated on the amount of the judgment (which included principal and intereft) but only on the fum originally due.