Jackson v. City of Brockton

This is a writ of error on a judgment in an action on an account annexed. The error assigned is that it appears by the record that judgment was entered upon an auditor’s report for the amount of damages found by the auditor and costs, whereas the plaintiff was entitled also to interest from the date of the writ. It is agreed that the plaintiff was paid the amount of the judgment and gave a receipt for it, he being ignorant of the error at the time. It does not appear of record that the judgment has been satisfied.

It was not contended that the record does not disclose an error, or that in this…