Carter v. Spencer

4 Ind. 78, 1853 Ind. LEXIS 13

• Court: Indiana Supreme Court
• Decided: May 24, 1853
• Status: Published

Opinion

Perkins, J.

Assumpsit by Spencer against Carter, administrator upon the estate of Tipton, deceased, in the Cass Probate Court. The declaration contained a special count on an order for the payment of money, and the common counts. Process was served on the defendant less than twenty days before the first day of the term of the Court to which the writ was returnable. There was a judgment for the plaintiff on the default of the defendant, and an assessment of damages by the Court.

Process should have been served twenty days before the first day of the term of the Court at which judgment was rendered. Jones v. Roland, 8 Blackf. 272. This case is under the statutes of 1843. As to the common counts a nolle prosequi should have been entered, or the damages should have been assessed by a jury. Starbuck v. Lazenby, 7 Blackf. 268.

D. D. Pratt, for the plaintiff.

Per Curiam.

The judgment is reversed with costs. Cause remanded, &c.