Mudd's administrator v. Beauchamp

OPINION of the Court,,

by Judge Owsiey.

The present plaintiff brought this action of debt in the court below, upon a record from the state of Maryland, and alleged in his declaration the value of the debt in this currency.

Judgment for the debt was entered by the court; but because the damages for its detention were unknown, a writ of inquiry was awarded ; and upon the execution of the inquiry, after excluding all the parol evidence *484offered by the plaintiff, the court, at the instance of the defendant, instructed the jury that they must find for the plaintiff the debt in the declaration…