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6 Blackf. 168

McKay v. Craig

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided May 15, 1842

Indiana Supreme Court · decided 1842-05-15

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently June 1846

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Decided 1842-05-15

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¶1THE declaration in a suit on a delivery bond, stated the condition of the bond to be for the delivery of the goods on the twentieth of June, 1840, at the farm of D. McKay. The condition of the bond, as shown on oyer, was for the delivery of the goods on the second of June, 1840, at the house of said McKay. Held, on general demurrer to the declaration, that the variance was fatal. 1 Chitt. Pl., 305, et seq.

¶2If in a suit on such bond, the plaintiff obtain judgment on a demurrer to the declaration, the damages must, in the absence of any agreement of the parties, be assessed by a jury. Tannehill v. Thomas, 1 Blackf., 144; Thompson et al. v. Wilson, Id., 358.

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