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2 Johns. 210

Brockway v. Kinney

New York Supreme Court

Decided February 15, 1807

New York Supreme Court · decided 1807-02-15

On the return to the certiorari in this cause, it appeared that the plaintiff in the court below, declared for work and labour,.in burning 300 bushels of limé. The defen- , , , ,11 , , dant below pleaded non assumpsit,- and gave notice, that he should prove that the plaintiff had before sued him for 1 1 the same matter, and recovered.

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Decided 1807-02-15

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Cited by 13 later decisions — most recently January 1904

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¶1There is no weight in the first objection. The declaration is sufficient. The plea was substantially of a former trial for the same cause, and was a good bar, for the plaintiff declared each time for the same cause of action. It was not shown that the plaintiff aban-r doned the charge for burning the lime, before or at the trial. That charge of course went to the jury on the first trial, and took its chance with them. If they did not al*210low it, for want of sufficient proof, or for any other cause, it was the plaintiff’s misfortune. The verdict must be considered as conclusive between the same parties, in regard to the same matter; otherwise it would, in effect, be permitting one jury to review the decisions of another. If the plaintiff, at the first trial, had not chosen to hazard a verdict, he should have entered a nolle prosequi on that charge, or consented to a nonsuit. As it was made a part of the plaintiff’s demand, and submitted to the jury, it was their indispensable duty to pass upon it. It would be dangerous to permit jurors thus to separate the plaintiff’s demand, and give a verdict for such part only as they pleased. We are of opinion that the judgment below must be reversed.

¶2Judgment reversed.

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