Steinback v. Lisa's Ex'rs
| Citation | 1 Mo. 228 |
| Parties | STEINBACK v. LISA'S EXECUTORS. |
| Decision Date | 31 May 1822 |
| Court | United States State Supreme Court of Missouri |
This was an action of debt, brought on a recognizance, and judgment against the plaintiff. None of the exceptions taken by the defendant's demurrer are sustainable and the judgment cannot be reversed for any thing thereby alleged. But when the court come to give judgment, after over ruling the demurrer, gave judgment for the amount of the recognizance to be discharged with a less sum. This is error. It is said, in Washington's Reports that the latter part of the judgment is only surplusage, and that it does not vitiate the judgment, which is well entered. The case in Washington's Reports, 1 Wash. 91, is not law in this State; neither is this like the cases in Burrow, where the judgment for debt was well, and the judgment for costs was wrong. These, then, were two distinct things, and two judgments; so one part might be reversed, and the other stand. But here, the defeasance part is a part of the judgment, and added without the authority of law.(a) Therefore, the whole must be reversed, with costs; and this court, proceeding to give such judgment as the court below ought to have given, order judgment to be entered for the whole amount of the recognizance.
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