Headington v. Neff ex rel. Neff
Ohio Supreme Court
Reserved in the county of Knox. The action is a debt on a sealed note. The declaration contains but one count, in which the defendant in error, in the court of common pleas, declared that the plaintiff in error, on August 25, 1819, at Knox county, by his certain writing obligatory, sealed with his seal, etc., acknowledged himself to be held, etc., to the defendant in error, in the sum of forty-nine dollars and twenty-five cents, to be paid to her twelve months after date.
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Reserved in the county of Knox. The action is a debt on a sealed note. The declaration contains but one count, in which the defendant in error, in the court of common pleas, declared that the plaintiff in error, on August 25, 1819, at Knox county, by his certain writing obligatory, sealed with his seal, etc., acknowledged himself to be held, etc., to the defendant in error, in the sum of forty-nine dollars and twenty-five cents, to be paid to her twelve months after date. The defendant in error pleads: 1. Hon est factum; 2, 3, and 4. Special pleas substantially the same, setting up as a…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the court, by
Judge Wood :
The plaintiff contends the court of common pleas erred in sustaining the demurrer to the second, third, and fourth special pleas, and that its proceedings must be reversed. This is the principal error he has assigned, and the only one on which be appears to rely. We do not know the reason that court gave for its decision, and it would be time misspent to inquire, for we do not reverse its decision, because an erroneous reason may be given for it, so long as the judgment itself is, in our opinion, correct.
The declaration avers the note was executed in Knox…
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