Woodbridge v. Brigham
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
At the last September term, at Worcester, the said Woodbridge & al. presented their petition to the Court, stating, that, in an action brought by them against the said Brigham & al.,(1) although the verdict therein rendered had been set aside by the Court, upon the motion of the said petitioners, and a new trial ordered to be had ; yet, by mistake and misapprehension, judgment was entered for the said Brigham Sp al. according to the said verdict; upon which judgment an…
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At the last September term, at Worcester, the said Woodbridge & al. presented their petition to the Court, stating, that, in an action brought by them against the said Brigham & al.,(1) although the verdict therein rendered had been set aside by the Court, upon the motion of the said petitioners, and a new trial ordered to be had ; yet, by mistake and misapprehension, judgment was entered for the said Brigham Sp al. according to the said verdict; upon which judgment an execution had been issued, and satisfied by the petitioners, and thereupon praying for a new trial of the said action. Upon…
1Opinion of the CourtParker, C. J.
This is a petition for a review of an action which was tried at the April term of this Court, in the county of Hampshire, in the year 1814. On said trial, a verdict was returned for the defendants in the action, according to the directions of the judge who sat in the trial, upon matter of law arising in the case. The judge having reserved the question of law for the consideration of the whole Court, the same was argued at the then next term of *the Court, being in September, 1814, and, after argument, the cause was continued nisi for advisement. At April term, 1815, judgment was entered…
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