Latta v. Griffith

"Worden, J.

Griffith held a note against Latta for four *330hundred and eighteen dollars and fifty cents, and placed it in the hands of an attorney for collection, who commenced suit thereon; but in the complaint he described the note, by mistake, as being for two hundred and eighteen dollars and fifty cents, instead of the true amount.

At the May term, 1873, of the court below, judgment was rendered in favor of Griffith, against Latta, for the amount due on the note, supposing it to have been given for two hundred and eighteen dollars and fifty cents, the mistake in the complaint leading to a…