McLaren v. Anderson

— There is an informality in the entry of original judgment of Anderson v. McLaren, in this, that no formal judgment nil dicit nor by default was taken against the defendant McLaren. The recital is, “the defendant not being present in person or by attorney, and no plea filed in this cause.” There is a recital, however, that a jury came, to-wit, “John Cartwright and eleven others, who being duly empanelled and sworn well and truly to try the issues submitted to them; . . . the case was submitted to the jury under the charge of the court, who say on their oaths, we, the jury, find for the…