Baker v. Cummings
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE DISTRICT OF Columbia. The petitioner (plaintiff below) commenced this action at law in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia on December 19,1889, to'recover from the defendant the sum of $2712.81 with interest at six per centum from July 31,1889, and annexed to his declaration a bill of particulars of his demand.
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CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE DISTRICT OF Columbia. The petitioner (plaintiff below) commenced this action at law in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia on December 19,1889, to'recover from the defendant the sum of $2712.81 with interest at six per centum from July 31,1889, and annexed to his declaration a bill of particulars of his demand. Plaintiff claimed in his declaration that the money was due, among other things, on an account stated between the parties. The plaintiff obtained judgment in the trial court for the amount of his claim, which was reversed by the Court…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justtgk Peokham,
after making the above statement of facts, delivered the opinion of the court.
A perusal of the record in this case demonstrates at least how conservative Congress has heretofore been in relation to the adoption of any amendment of the law relating topleading and procedure in the District of Columbia. The last of the series of pleadings herein by which the question of the validity of the defence of res adjudieata was finally brought before the court is denominated “ defendant’s joinder of issue on plaintiff’s second sur-rejoindér to defendant’s fourth rejoinder to…
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