Suydam v. Aldrich
This text of 23 F. Cas. 472 (Suydam v. Aldrich) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Illinois primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
This action is brought against the defendant for an escape. The declaration stated the judgment, under the execution on which the escape was charged, as having been obtained by the plaintiffs against Elijah Doolittle for $5,590. The record of the judgment introduced as evidence showed that the judgment was entered for $5,522.83 and costs, entered the 8th of December, 1838. The record was objected to as evidence, on the ground that it varies from the judgment described in the declaration. This variance is fatal. A judgment to be used in evidence, as the foundation of the action, must be described with entire accuracy. It being a matter of record, there is no reason why the true statement of the amount should not be made. The record of the judgment cannot be read in evidence.
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