Allen v. . Godfrey
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from an order of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the sixth district, reversing an order of the Onondaga County Court affirming judgment for costs recovered by the defendant before a justice of the peace. This action originated in a justice’s court in the county of Onondaga, and was brought for the recovery of the value of two hemlock saw-logs. The issue was tried on Saturday, January 5, 1861, before the justice before whom it was commenced and a jury.
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Appeal from an order of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the sixth district, reversing an order of the Onondaga County Court affirming judgment for costs recovered by the defendant before a justice of the peace. This action originated in a justice’s court in the county of Onondaga, and was brought for the recovery of the value of two hemlock saw-logs. The issue was tried on Saturday, January 5, 1861, before the justice before whom it was commenced and a jury. The evidence was conflicting, and when closed, late on Saturday night, the jury retired to deliberate upon the verdict they…
1Opinion of the Court
No opinion is brought to us showing the grounds upon which the Supreme Court reversed the judgments of the courts below. The evidence upon which the verdict was rendered was fairly conflicting, insomuch that it could not have been reversed as being against evidence. The chief ground upon which the respondent's counsel seeks to uphold the judgment appealed from is, in substance, that the judgment was in fact rendered on Sunday, though not entered until Monday, when it was formally docketed for an amount exceeding the amount for which it was rendered on the previous day. Concede that it was…
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